What everyone should know about the 20th century

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HO SAYS HISTORY HAS TO BE DULL?
From the Wright brothers to the birth of the United Nations, from the theory of relativity to the Cultural Revolution, from Henry Ford's introduction of mass production to the creation of the Internet—the 20th century has been an era of dramatic and sweeping change.
If you think history is a dry compilation of facts and dates, What Everyone Should Know about the 20th Century will surprise you—with a concise, dramatic, wonderfully written, one-volume history of the key events, characters, and trends that have shaped this century.
Some of the 200 entries introduce the great personalities of the past hundred years—the movers and shakers, the heroes and tyrants. Others portray the key events that have changed the lives of millions, and still others offer a glimpse of the broad social and cultural changes that have shaped your world.
The history of the 20th century is the story of the world you live in today. Engrossing, informative, and... Tovább

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HO SAYS HISTORY HAS TO BE DULL?
From the Wright brothers to the birth of the United Nations, from the theory of relativity to the Cultural Revolution, from Henry Ford's introduction of mass production to the creation of the Internet—the 20th century has been an era of dramatic and sweeping change.
If you think history is a dry compilation of facts and dates, What Everyone Should Know about the 20th Century will surprise you—with a concise, dramatic, wonderfully written, one-volume history of the key events, characters, and trends that have shaped this century.
Some of the 200 entries introduce the great personalities of the past hundred years—the movers and shakers, the heroes and tyrants. Others portray the key events that have changed the lives of millions, and still others offer a glimpse of the broad social and cultural changes that have shaped your world.
The history of the 20th century is the story of the world you live in today. Engrossing, informative, and entertaining, What Everyone Should Know about the 20th Century brings that story to life.
Charles Phillips is the author of The Heritage of the American West and senior editor of the forthcoming four-volume Encyclopedia of the American West. He has served as editor of Higher Education and National Affairs for the American Council on Education, of History News for the American Association for State and Local History, and on the staffs of Congressional Quarterly and the Washington Star. He has taught at the University of Iowa.
Alan AxeLROD is the author of Chronicle of the Indian Wars: From Colonial Times to Wounded Knee, The War Between the Spies: A History of Espionage During the Civil War, and The Art of the Golden West, which was Booklist's "Editor's Choice" in 1990 and won the National Cowboy Hall of Fame Western Heritage Award in 1991. Axelrod holds a Ph.D. from the University of Iowa and has taught at Lake Forest University and Furman University.
Phillips and Axelrod are also the coauthors of the highly acclaimed What Every American Should Know about American History: 200 Events That Shaped the Nation. Vissza