history, modern

Contains 500 articles on political, diplomatic, military, social, economic and religious affairs from 1900 to 1978.

Offers a graphic account, with accompanying photographs, of world events from 1900 with an explanation of their causes and consequences. Nintey-four maps detail wars, revolutions and changing nations. Includes chronological tables of political events.

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.

Contains the major stories from the first to the last days of the century.

Highlights key political and cultural events, discoveries, and moments in world history during the twentieth century.

Contains over sixty primary source documents which provide an overview of the history of the Medieval and early modern world; and includes a map, a time line, marginal notes, suggestions for further reading, Web sites, and thematic and comprehensive indexes.