17th- and 18th-century manuscripts supporting and opposing the slave trade, Olaudah Equiano’s description of the Middle Passage, and information on British anti-slavery activists.
The worldwide financial crisis that began in mid-2007 sets the stage, as Ferguson looks at money and credit as measures of trust; real estate as a means of propping up a shaky economy; the creation of joint-stock companies and stock market bubbles; the importance of bonds; the origin of derivatives, options, and hedge funds; and […]
Forty lessons cover events from the Renaissance through the revolutions of 1848.
Quizzes for lessons in parts 1–5, a midterm examination, and outline maps of the world and the continents and countries of the Western Hemisphere.
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