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Robertson's Timeline of World & American Firsts: Volume 1

by Patrick Robertson

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A chronological reference to global and American milestones

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A chronological reference to global and American milestones

Organized around 14,500 entries, this reference volume traces first occurrences across more than a millennium, pairing worldwide developments with their earliest U.S. counterparts where applicable. Its scope ranges from major historical shifts to everyday aspects of modern life, making chronology the book’s central tool for connecting inventions, practices, and events to their points of origin. The volume also presents an account of the United States’ emergence as a leading site of innovation, while grounding its entries mainly in primary sources and scholarly texts.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Reference users seeking dates and origins of notable world and U.S. firsts
  • History browsers interested in inventions, institutions, and everyday-life milestones
  • Readers who enjoy chronological collections of curiosities

Themes

Historical chronologyWorld firstsAmerican firstsInnovationOrigins of modern life

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Book overview

"Nothing, of course, begins at the time you think it did."

So said playwright Lillian Hellman. Everything we do or use in modern life had a beginning, often much earlier than expected. When and where did it really happen for the first time? And if that was not an American innovation, when and where did it happen for the first time in the US?

Robertson's Timeline of World and American Firsts supplies the answers in 14,500 entries derived mainly from primary sources or scholarly texts. Chronicling over a thousand years of change, both major and minor, this new publication also explores how the US rose to become the most innovative nation in the world.

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