- Gebundene Ausgabe: 232 Seiten
- Verlag: Little, Brown & Company (2. November 2000)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0316815896
- ISBN-13: 978-0316815895
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 27,4 x 23,6 x 2,3 cm
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- Nr. 47 in Englische Bücher > Kinderbücher > Geschichte & Historische Romane > Zeitgeschichte
- Nr. 60 in Englische Bücher > Kinderbücher > Kunst & Musik > Fotografie
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The 20th century began with the invention of Kodak's Brownie camera and the first flight by the Wright brothers and ended with Nelson Mandela's return to political power and the deaths of John F. Kennedy Jr., Mother Teresa, and Princess Diana. And who better to pictorially recount the events of this epoch than Life magazine? Divided not by decade, but by nine historical clusters of years (1900-13, 1914-19, 1920-29, 1930-39, 1940-45, 1946-63, 1964-75, 1976-92, 1993-99), this photographic chronicle brings to life the amazing, horrifying, poignant, and thrilling moments that made up a century. Each chapter is introduced with an essay by a distinguished children's writer, including Jane Yolen, Avi, Gary Paulsen, Patrick and Fredrick McKissack, and Lois Lowry, and includes special sections called "Turning Points," which trace a trend or event from the beginning to the end of the century. Concluding each chapter are "Requiems," in which the lives of important people who died during those years are recalled. But it's the more than 380 remarkable photographs from Life magazine's archives that make this volume truly epic. Young readers who spent only a few years in the previous century will look with awe and wonder at the pictures taken during their parents' and grandparents' time, telling about Woodstock, the Holocaust, Babe Ruth, Bill Gates, the discovery of atomic power, and Sigmund Freud. From politics to art to technology to science to social change, this book touches on it all, and will be a tremendous resource for years to come. (Ages 12 and older) --Emilie Coulter
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Gr. 5-12. Combining essays with large-scale, well-captioned photos, this adaptation of an adult coffee-table book wraps up the events and themes of the twentieth century. The book is divided into nine chronological chapters, each with an introductory essay, several pages of photographs, a "Turning Point" event, and a "Requiem" for prominent men and women who died during the period. The essays themselves, from such authors as Lois Lowry and Robert Cormier, are a mixed bag. Some take a "greatest hits" approach, surveying a particular era without really bringing it to life. Others, like Patricia and Fred McKissack's treatment of the post-WWII years, dig beneath the headlines to illustrate the big stories from more than one perspective. The "Turning Point" segment uses one event--for example, the struggle for women's suffrage or civil rights--to connect past and present and help readers see the reflection of history in their own lives. Well-selected, beautifully designed, and presented with the context that young readers need, the images here convey both the misery and jubilation of a century lived at full tilt. Randy Meyer
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Whose century?
28. November 2000
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
Knowing that the photographs would be evocative and interesting, I purchased this book for my nephew. But after reading the captions which accompany many of the photos, I have reconsidered my decision. To start with, the language used in the captions is hardly appropriate for the young reader. No effort seems to have been made by the editors to contextualize, politically or historically, the images selected. Often there is a loose "thematic" arrangement which sets images in opposition without a clear statement of the connections, chronological or otherwise, between them. The captions read as if the editors haphazardly, and hurriedly, chopped up the narrative from the "adult" version of the text to create a text thoughtlessly marketed to younger readers. Worse still is the glaring editorial bias, bordering on jingoism, with which the text treats the Cold War and the former Soviet Union. While I hardly expected the editors at Life magazine to present a balanced narrative about the clash of ideas that defined so much of the last century, I was shocked to see the Soviets repeatedly referred to as "Reds", a term that very few of the children born after the collapse of the Soviet Union would even understand, and in a page dedicated to the McCarthy hearings, Communism was referenced as a "disease" (news to more than one medical professional I am sure) and the young reader is reminded that McCarthy was attacking a very real "communist threat" but lamentably had gone too far.
It is understandable that in a Post-Communist world we can see the projects of the Soviet Union and its allies as failures, and there is no harm in naming them as such, but the anachronistic and, frankly, stupid "slang" used by the writers reflects the degree to which they were NOT creating an educational text, but rather an out-dated propagandistic tract. I would not recommend this book to anyone who wants to foment thoughtful analysis in the minds of the young people they know. A total dud!
It is understandable that in a Post-Communist world we can see the projects of the Soviet Union and its allies as failures, and there is no harm in naming them as such, but the anachronistic and, frankly, stupid "slang" used by the writers reflects the degree to which they were NOT creating an educational text, but rather an out-dated propagandistic tract. I would not recommend this book to anyone who wants to foment thoughtful analysis in the minds of the young people they know. A total dud!
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Fine if you aren't looking for indepth info
14. Mai 2008
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe|Von Amazon bestätigter Kauf
I purchased this book to use with Sonlight Core 300, the 20th Century. It is one of the main required texts for the program. I am very glad that I was able to purchase it cheap from a seller, as there is not a lot of information in the book. The pictures are interesting to browse, but I am sure that one could easily complete a study of the 20th century without the book. It's not a bad book, just not a great book.
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Our Century In Picture
21. März 2005
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
I think this book is a great book for kids who really would like to learn about Americas past time. It gives you detailed information about are Nation times and the up's and downs. I learned lot from this book and it has a good twist from most books.
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