Author: Jean-Jacques Rosa... the second wave of technological breakthroughs, the Second Industrial Revolution, that lays the durable foundations of the twentieth century. Although it is built on the same determinants that gave birth to factories and manufactures, the ...
Author: Martin GilbertThis is a condensed version of renowned historian Martin Gilbert’s masterful examination of the century’s history, offering the highlights of a three-volume work that covers more than three thousand pages.
Author: Jonathan T. ReynoldsConsider which events define a period of history and why. From the Red Army to Black Monday, from Woodstock to the World Wide Web, this is the fastest way to travel in time.
Author: Giovanni ArrighiThe book concludes with an examination of the forces which have shaped and are now poised to undermine America's world power.
Author: Stephen R. Anderson The original (1985) edition of this work attempted to cover the main lines of development of phonological theory from the end of the 19th century through the early 1980s.
Author: Antony BestUsing their thematic and regional expertise, four prominent authors have produced an authoritative yet accessible account of the history of international relations in the last century, covering events in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, ...
Author: Vladislav Lektorsky... This period roughly encompasses the second half of the twentieth century , which for Russia is both notorious and intellectually rich . Not everything that happened in the field of philosophy in the Soviet Union and Russia in those ...
Author: Gil ElliotThe author describes the culture of mass death in the 20th century, from the battlefields of both World Wars to local disasters and organized famines, during which some 110 million have died.
Author: Ajda Bastan... century. In 1956, the theatre landscape in London experienced another transformative moment with the visit of Bertolt Brecht's company. This event became a catalyst for change, influencing a ... The Second Half of the Twentieth Century.
Author: Marcel Berger... this difficulty by using various tricks . The curvature , on the other hand , can be computed explicitly from the metric , which explains the importance of the topics involving it . In addition , one had the first and second variation ...
