Reviews the origins of four main civilizations--European, African, Indian, Chinese -- and how a West Indian society and culture arose from them.

A look at the constant confrontation with mortality the English experienced in a time of plague, smallpox, civil war, and other calamities. In the lives of the

Classic pictorial history of fashion from around the world depicts costumes over the centuries, from ancient Egyptians wearing pleated loincloths to well-dresse