Open figure viewer
The International Book of Days is a companion volume to the fourth edition of The American Book of Days (Christianson and Hatch 2000), and is “designed to provide readers with information on historical events of military, scientific, ethnic, political, and cultural significance from around the world”. For each of the 366 days of the year, several substantial essays describe significant events through their anniversaries or other relevant dates. Thus for March 3, there are page‐length essays on Serfs are Emancipated in Russia, First Performance of Bizet's Carmen (with photograph of Bizet's bust), Liberation Day (Bulgaria) with a map, and Throne...
You do not currently have access to this content.
