Overview
New volume in ongoing series broadens coverage to include the first decade of the 21st Century; includes key events and social history. Topics include: headline makers, topics in the news, arts and entertainment, business and the economy, education, government, politics, and law, lifestyles and social trends, medicine and health, science and technology, and sports.
Features & Benefits
- Student-friendly features include a reader's guide, a chronology of the decade for each of the topic areas, an overview entry about the decade, numerous photographs, side bars for interesting facts and more in-depth coverage of the topics, and a further reading section for each topic area.
- At the end of the volume is a subject index and a "Where to Learn More" section with bibliographical citations.
- Only volume so far that highlights the 21st century.
- Reader's Guide
- Chronology of the decade for each topic
- An overview entry about the 2000s
- Sidebars with more in depth coverage
- Further reading section.
What's New
Individual chapters focus on arts and entertainment, business and the economy, education, government, politics, and law, lifestyles and social trends, medicine and health, science and technology, and sports.
