Author: Robert F. Gorman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 690
Book Description
Contains essays that examine significant events in the history of the early twentieth century from 1901 to 1940, covering world politics, society and culture, literary movements, art and music, immigration, and legislation; arranged chronologically with maps, illustrations, and quotations for primary souce documents.
Great Events from History
Author: Robert F. Gorman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 690
Book Description
Contains essays that examine significant events in the history of the early twentieth century from 1901 to 1940, covering world politics, society and culture, literary movements, art and music, immigration, and legislation; arranged chronologically with maps, illustrations, and quotations for primary souce documents.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 690
Book Description
Contains essays that examine significant events in the history of the early twentieth century from 1901 to 1940, covering world politics, society and culture, literary movements, art and music, immigration, and legislation; arranged chronologically with maps, illustrations, and quotations for primary souce documents.
Reader's Digest Great Events of the 20th Century
Author: Reader's Digest Association
Publisher: Reader's Digest Association (Canada)
ISBN: 9780888500557
Category : Civilization, Modern
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
Discusses the events and achievements of the twentieth century that transformed the world.
Publisher: Reader's Digest Association (Canada)
ISBN: 9780888500557
Category : Civilization, Modern
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
Discusses the events and achievements of the twentieth century that transformed the world.
Time Great Events of the 20th Century
Author:
Publisher: Time Life Medical
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Covers major events and discoveries of the twentieth century.
Publisher: Time Life Medical
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Covers major events and discoveries of the twentieth century.
History of the Twentieth Century
Author: Martin Gilbert
Publisher: Rosetta Books
ISBN: 0795337329
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 723
Book Description
A chronological compilation of twentieth-century world events in one volume—from the acclaimed historian and biographer of Winston S. Churchill. The twentieth century has been one of the most unique in human history. It has seen the rise of some of humanity’s most important advances to date, as well as many of its most violent and terrifying wars. This 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. From the invention of aviation to the rise of the Internet, and from events and cataclysmic changes in Europe to those in Asia, Africa, and North America, Martin examines art, literature, war, religion, life and death, and celebration and renewal across the globe, and throughout this turbulent and astonishing century.
Publisher: Rosetta Books
ISBN: 0795337329
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 723
Book Description
A chronological compilation of twentieth-century world events in one volume—from the acclaimed historian and biographer of Winston S. Churchill. The twentieth century has been one of the most unique in human history. It has seen the rise of some of humanity’s most important advances to date, as well as many of its most violent and terrifying wars. This 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. From the invention of aviation to the rise of the Internet, and from events and cataclysmic changes in Europe to those in Asia, Africa, and North America, Martin examines art, literature, war, religion, life and death, and celebration and renewal across the globe, and throughout this turbulent and astonishing century.
Twentieth Century, 1941-1970
Author: Robert F. Gorman
Publisher: Salem PressInc
ISBN: 9781587653322
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 3726
Book Description
Presents essays arranged in chronological order on key world events that occurred in such areas as politics, science, medicine, communications, literature, music, philosophy, and international affairs during the twentieth century.
Publisher: Salem PressInc
ISBN: 9781587653322
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 3726
Book Description
Presents essays arranged in chronological order on key world events that occurred in such areas as politics, science, medicine, communications, literature, music, philosophy, and international affairs during the twentieth century.
The Events That Shaped the Century
Author: Time-Life Books
Publisher: Time Life Medical
ISBN: 9780737002003
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Sputnik. The first man on the moon. The Wright brothers and the Enola Gay. Television and e-mail. Dachau and Buchenwald. The Berlin Wall went up, and then it came crashing down. So did the stock market -- twice. It's been a century of elation and devastation -- of human greatness and of great tragedy. Here, from the archives of Time Life, is a poignant look at a century's worth of achievement, pathos, triumph, trends, and personalities. Here are the milestones and miracles, the inventions, explosions, heroes, and hurrahs that defined us in the 20th century. With hundreds of evocative images and countless moving stories, this chronicle recalls the faces, the moments, and the emotions of the century, as it draws to a close.
Publisher: Time Life Medical
ISBN: 9780737002003
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Sputnik. The first man on the moon. The Wright brothers and the Enola Gay. Television and e-mail. Dachau and Buchenwald. The Berlin Wall went up, and then it came crashing down. So did the stock market -- twice. It's been a century of elation and devastation -- of human greatness and of great tragedy. Here, from the archives of Time Life, is a poignant look at a century's worth of achievement, pathos, triumph, trends, and personalities. Here are the milestones and miracles, the inventions, explosions, heroes, and hurrahs that defined us in the 20th century. With hundreds of evocative images and countless moving stories, this chronicle recalls the faces, the moments, and the emotions of the century, as it draws to a close.
Timelines of War
Author: David M. Brownstone
Publisher: Little Brown & Company
ISBN: 9780316114479
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
Provides information on all wars, revolutions, battles, and weapons from ancient Assyria to the Russian Insurrection of 1993
Publisher: Little Brown & Company
ISBN: 9780316114479
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
Provides information on all wars, revolutions, battles, and weapons from ancient Assyria to the Russian Insurrection of 1993
Great People of the 20th Century
Author: Time Books (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Time Life Medical
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Great people of the 20th century.
Publisher: Time Life Medical
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Great people of the 20th century.
A History of the Twentieth Century
Author: Bryn O'Callaghan
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Longman
ISBN: 9780582331723
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Traces the history of the world from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present day with emphasis on major events and their consequences.
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Longman
ISBN: 9780582331723
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Traces the history of the world from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present day with emphasis on major events and their consequences.
What Everyone Should Know about the 20th Century
Author: Alan Axelrod
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781558505063
Category : History, Modern
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
From the Wright Brothers to the election of Nelson Mandela, this engaging, reader-friendly compendium--from the authors of the enormously successful What Every American Should Know about American History--provides capsule summaries of the 200 most important events in world history since 1900.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781558505063
Category : History, Modern
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
From the Wright Brothers to the election of Nelson Mandela, this engaging, reader-friendly compendium--from the authors of the enormously successful What Every American Should Know about American History--provides capsule summaries of the 200 most important events in world history since 1900.