Twentieth Century: The History of the World, 1901 to 2000From J. M. Roberts, one of our greatest historians, comes an engrossing one-volume history of the extraordinary century we've just lived through. Going beyond a traditional chronological narrative of events, Roberts identifies the major long-term changes that underlie them, pointing in particular to worldwide increases in life expectancy; major advances in science and technology; the radical reconfiguration of the global economy; the disappearance of empires; the decline of white hegemony; and the changing role of women. |
Contents
By Way of Introduction | 3 |
Structures | 39 |
The White Mans World | 82 |
Copyright | |
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Twentieth Century: The History of the World, 1901 to 2000 John Morris Roberts No preview available - 2000 |
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