Overview
Access to History for the IB Diploma takes the clarity, accessibility, reliability and in-depth analysis of the best-selling Access to History series and tailors it to the History IB Diploma. Each title supports a specific topic in the IB History guide and presents it in an easy-to-read, up-to-date narrative.
Each book in the series helps students understand historical issues by examining the wealth of relevant sources and analysis provided. The books also give students guidance on answering exam-style questions through model answers and practice questions. With full-colour texts and numerous images throughout, the Access to History for the IB Diploma series is perfect any IB student.
1. The American Civil War
2. The cotton economy and slavery
3. The origins of the Civil War
4. The abolitionist debate
5. The coming of war
6. Union versus Confederacy: the war 1861 – 1865
7. The battles 1861 – 1865
8. Reconstruction
9. African Americans in the Civil War and the New South
Alan Farmer is a widely published academic on modern American, European and British history. He taught history to students of all ages for all his working life. He was Head of History at the University of Cumbria until retiring in 2006.