A world in motion - Marisa DeCastro

The French and American Revolutions shook the entire world, from the Balkans to Latin America, and brought to the fore new ideas, new social groups, new balances. At the same time, explorers, with their travels, expanded the boundaries of the world map, while scientists, through observation and experiment, expanded the boundaries of knowledge. It was a truly shocking era!

The Children's Knowledge Book Award was awarded to Mariza Dekastro for the book Shortly before... shortly after 1821, A World in Motion , (scientifically edited by Manolis Patiniotis, Aristotelis Tympas), Kaleidoscope Publications.

The book is based on a historical background, within which the important events of the 19th century that changed the modern world and that are connected to the basic fabric of "movement" are addressed comprehensively and globally. The book is divided into thematic sections, which are stated on the side of each page and concern revolutions, new discoveries and their consequences, new inventions and developments in science in various fields, the Industrial Revolution, the daily life of people of the time, Education, literary and intellectual life. It is about capturing movement on multiple levels: the movement of ideas, people, goods, troops, explorers, books, antiquities, intellectual goods and inventions that facilitate and change the life of the world. The author, through a complex of information, gives a panoramic view of events and developments, shaping a multimodal text that is enriched by sources, maps, testimonies, storylines, images and photographs with one and only goal: global interconnection, the movement from the specific to the general and the highlighting of the cause and effect relationship. The scientific editing of the experts and the bibliographical references at the end of the book ensure the validity of the information and the modern "look" at the events, a basic requirement for a comprehensive book of knowledge.

Author: Marisa DeCastro
Scientific editing: Manolis Patiniotis, Aristotelis Tympas
Pages: 54
Dimensions: 21 x 29 cm.
ISBN: 9789604711123
Ages: 11+