FRANK W. THACKERAY is Professor of History at Indiana University Southeast./e He is author of Antecedents of Revolution: Alexander I and the Polish Kingdom (1980) and the co-editor (with John E. Findling) of the Events That Changed the World series and the The Events That Changed America series, both published by Greenwood. Also with John E. Findling, he is co-editor of Statesmen Who Changed the World (1993). He and Findling are also series editors of the Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations series.JOHN E. FINDLING is Professor of History at Indiana University Southeast. He is the author of Dictionary of American Diplomatic History (1980-89), Close Neighbors, Distant Friends: United States-Central American Relations (1987), and Chicago's Great World's Fairs (1995). With Kimberly D. Pelle, he co-edited Historical Dictionary of World's Fairs and Expositions, 1851-1988 (1990) and Historical Dictionary of the Modern Olympic Movement (1996). With Frank W. Thackeray, he is co-editor of the Events That Changed the World series and the Events That Changed America series and also series editor of the Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations series.

• Preface Chronology of Events in Great Britain Since 1689 Industrial Revolution, c. 1750-c. 1850 by David Mitch The Seven Year's War, 1756-1963 by Frederick M. Stowell The Napoleonic Wars, 1789-1815 by S. J. Stearns Pax Britannica, 1815-1914 by Lowell J. Satre The Reform Act of 1832 by Thomas C. Mackey The Crystal Palace Exhibition, 1851 by Diana J. Reynolds Sinn Fein and the Suffragettes: The Movement for Irish Independence and Women Suffrage, c. 1880-1921 by Kenneth L. Campbell World War I, 1914-1919 by Larry Thornton World War II, 1939-1945 by George P. Blum The Thatcher Era, 1979-1990 by Richard Leiby Appendix A: Glossary Appendix B: List of Ruling Houses and Monarchs Appendix C: List of Prime Ministers Index

FRANK W. THACKERAY is Professor of History at Indiana University Southeast./e He is author of Antecedents of Revolution: Alexander I and the Polish Kingdom (1980) and the co-editor (with John E. Findling) of the Events That Changed the World series and the The Events That Changed America series, both published by Greenwood. Also with John E. Findling, he is co-editor of Statesmen Who Changed the World (1993). He and Findling are also series editors of the Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations series.JOHN E. FINDLING is Professor of History at Indiana University Southeast. He is the author of Dictionary of American Diplomatic History (1980-89), Close Neighbors, Distant Friends: United States-Central American Relations (1987), and Chicago's Great World's Fairs (1995). With Kimberly D. Pelle, he co-edited Historical Dictionary of World's Fairs and Expositions, 1851-1988 (1990) and Historical Dictionary of the Modern Olympic Movement (1996). With Frank W. Thackeray, he is co-editor of the Events That Changed the World series and the Events That Changed America series and also series editor of the Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations series.

• Preface Chronology of Events in Great Britain Since 1689 Industrial Revolution, c. 1750-c. 1850 by David Mitch The Seven Year's War, 1756-1963 by Frederick M. Stowell The Napoleonic Wars, 1789-1815 by S. J. Stearns Pax Britannica, 1815-1914 by Lowell J. Satre The Reform Act of 1832 by Thomas C. Mackey The Crystal Palace Exhibition, 1851 by Diana J. Reynolds Sinn Fein and the Suffragettes: The Movement for Irish Independence and Women Suffrage, c. 1880-1921 by Kenneth L. Campbell World War I, 1914-1919 by Larry Thornton World War II, 1939-1945 by George P. Blum The Thatcher Era, 1979-1990 by Richard Leiby Appendix A: Glossary Appendix B: List of Ruling Houses and Monarchs Appendix C: List of Prime Ministers Index

FRANK W. THACKERAY is Professor of History at Indiana University Southeast./e He is author of Antecedents of Revolution: Alexander I and the Polish Kingdom (1980) and the co-editor (with John E. Findling) of the Events That Changed the World series and the The Events That Changed America series, both published by Greenwood. Also with John E. Findling, he is co-editor of Statesmen Who Changed the World (1993). He and Findling are also series editors of the Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations series.JOHN E. FINDLING is Professor of History at Indiana University Southeast. He is the author of Dictionary of American Diplomatic History (1980-89), Close Neighbors, Distant Friends: United States-Central American Relations (1987), and Chicago's Great World's Fairs (1995). With Kimberly D. Pelle, he co-edited Historical Dictionary of World's Fairs and Expositions, 1851-1988 (1990) and Historical Dictionary of the Modern Olympic Movement (1996). With Frank W. Thackeray, he is co-editor of the Events That Changed the World series and the Events That Changed America series and also series editor of the Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations series.

• Preface Chronology of Events in Great Britain Since 1689 Industrial Revolution, c. 1750-c. 1850 by David Mitch The Seven Year's War, 1756-1963 by Frederick M. Stowell The Napoleonic Wars, 1789-1815 by S. J. Stearns Pax Britannica, 1815-1914 by Lowell J. Satre The Reform Act of 1832 by Thomas C. Mackey The Crystal Palace Exhibition, 1851 by Diana J. Reynolds Sinn Fein and the Suffragettes: The Movement for Irish Independence and Women Suffrage, c. 1880-1921 by Kenneth L. Campbell World War I, 1914-1919 by Larry Thornton World War II, 1939-1945 by George P. Blum The Thatcher Era, 1979-1990 by Richard Leiby Appendix A: Glossary Appendix B: List of Ruling Houses and Monarchs Appendix C: List of Prime Ministers Index