civilization, modern

In this extraordinary, sweeping history, traces key elements of the modern world back to that single fateful year when everything changed.

Chronicles the monumental changes in our world over the past 100 years.

Translated from Italian. Guide to artists, their works, and artistic movements from the 14th century to the present.

Attempts to show how some of the ideas of the eighteenth century may be useful to society as it enters the twenty-first century, arguing that the 1700s marked the beginnings of much that is worthwhile about the modern world.

Provides a thematic overview of the fields of sociology, philosophy, and politics.

A reference on the twentieth century that presents a chronology; an alphabetical listing of more than three hundred events, movements, and ideas; brief biographical sketches of nearly nine hundred notable figures; and profiles of all the world's countries featuring national fact listings and histories spanning 1900-1999.