The Timetables of History: A Horizontal Linkage of People and Events, Based on Werner Stein's KulturfahrplanThe Timetables of History spans millennia of human history. Unlike any other reference volume, this book gives a sweeping overview of the making of the contemporary world by mapping out at a glance what was happening simultaneously, from the dawn of history to the present day. |
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... 092 participants , 44 nations ; U . S . wins 12 gold medals , Nurmi four Rocky
Marciano , Amer . boxer , b . ( d . 1969 ) Statistics - coal production : U . S . 485
million tons ; Great Britain 267 million tons ; France 7 million tons ; steel
production ...
... 092 participants , 44 nations ; U . S . wins 12 gold medals , Nurmi four Rocky
Marciano , Amer . boxer , b . ( d . 1969 ) Statistics - coal production : U . S . 485
million tons ; Great Britain 267 million tons ; France 7 million tons ; steel
production ...
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14 ; war dead estimated at 35 million plus 10 million in Nazi concentration camps
Pétain sentenced to death ( sentence later commuted to life imprisonment )
Independent republic of Vietnam formed with Ho Chi Minh as president Quisling
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14 ; war dead estimated at 35 million plus 10 million in Nazi concentration camps
Pétain sentenced to death ( sentence later commuted to life imprisonment )
Independent republic of Vietnam formed with Ho Chi Minh as president Quisling
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... Tucson , Ariz . , and the 150 - inch instrument at the Inter - American
Observatory , Cerro Tololo , Chile , are completed TV sets in use throughout the
world estimated at 231 million The U . S . Open Tennis Championship at Forest
Hills , N . Y .
... Tucson , Ariz . , and the 150 - inch instrument at the Inter - American
Observatory , Cerro Tololo , Chile , are completed TV sets in use throughout the
world estimated at 231 million The U . S . Open Tennis Championship at Forest
Hills , N . Y .
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User Review - auntieknickers - LibraryThingThe early years of human history seem to have less information than might be available, particularly spotty in Asian history and pretty much nothing about Africa south of the Sahara. Still, an interesting browse and a good place to see what was happening in a given year. Read full review
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User Review - Diwanna - LibraryThingI'd be lying if I said that I read this book, but it is an interesting reference to peruse from time to time. Read full review
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| Title | The Timetables of History: A Horizontal Linkage of People and Events, Based on Werner Stein's Kulturfahrplan Touchstone book |
| Authors | Bernard Grun, Werner Stein |
| Contributor | Daniel J. Boorstin Collection (Library of Congress) |
| Publisher | Simon and Schuster, 1979 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 6 Jun 2008 |
| ISBN | 0671249878, 9780671249878 |
| Length | 676 pages |
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