The Complete Idiot's Guide to 20th-century History

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Penguin, 1999 - 491 páginas
A beginnger's guide to understanding the major events within the years 1900-1999. The book explains the century's great accomplishments, tragedies, and its most important people and events.
 

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Contents
1
A Nation Rises 1700s1840
15
Century of Iron 18441859
25
A Nation Torn and Reborn 18601869
35
Through the Golden Door 18701899
47
The Old World Dies 19001919
65
Rising and Sinking 19031912
81
The World Reshaped 19081913
99
Now I Am Become Death 19411945
247
Now I Am Become Death 19411945
249
A War Served Cold 19461949
265
American Dreams 19501969
283
The Back of the Bus 19541963
299
From Sputnik to the New Frontier 19551963
311
The Great Society 19641967
329
Vietnam the Moon and a Nation Called Woodstock
341

Sarajevo Shooting 19141916
115
Saving Democracy 19171919
131
Hall of Mirrors
140
Lost Generations 19201938
151
Victims and Heroes 19201929
167
The Party Ends 19291934
183
Happy Days Are Here Again 19341938
199
To Hell and Back 19391949
215
Total War 19411945
231
A New World 19701989
357
Hostage Situations 19741980
377
Years of Plague Years of Hope 19801989
395
Unfinished Century The 1990s
411
Prosperity and Scandal 1993
427
Appendices
445
B Talk of the Times
451
Recommended Reading
463
Derechos de autor

Términos y frases comunes

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Acerca del autor (1999)

Alan Axelrod was born on August 25, 1952, in New York. He was educated at Northeastern Illinois University and University of Iowa. He is a leading writer about American history, and is the author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to American History. In his books, Axelrod presents the facts, details, and faces that have helped shape the history of the United States. Axelrod has served as a consultant to several museums and institutions. He has received numerous honors, including a National Cowboy Hall of Fame Award in 1991.

Información bibliográfica

TítuloThe Complete Idiot's Guide to 20th-century History
The complete idiot's guide to
AutorAlan Axelrod
Ediciónilustrada
EditorPenguin, 1999
ISBN0028633857, 9780028633855
Largo491 páginas
  
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