| The 20th Century: A Retrospective Contributor(s): Chatterjee, Choi (Author), Gould, Jeffrey (Author), Martin, Phyllis (Author) |
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ISBN: 0813326915 ISBN-13: 9780813326917 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $85.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2002 Annotation: Three grand themes characterized the twentieth century: crises on a scale that outstripped any in human history, revolutionary ideology and action that brought social and political transformation on a global scale, and new technologies breathtaking in their pace and innovation. Through a discussion of overarching ideas and through case studies, this book explores the contradictions, commonalties, and varieties of human experience. Thematic chapters deal with issues such as modernization, imperialism, social revolutions, fascism, feminism, fundamentalism, war and peace, science, population, and economic inequality. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Modern - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 909.82 |
| LCCN: 2001056778 |
| Lexile Measure: 1360 |
| Physical Information: 0.95" H x 7.4" W x 9.64" (1.70 lbs) 452 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book is a collage of human experiences made from overlapping pieces and woven together by themes of crises, revolution, and change, aiming to raise issues that people in the twentieth-century world tried to address. |