Gorman, Robert F

Contains more than 130 alphabetically arranged essays, from Alvar Aalto to Pierre Boulez, that provide information about the lives and achievements of significant men and women who lived between 1901 and 2000.

Contains essays that examine significant events in the history of the early twentieth century from 1907 to 1915, covering world politics, society and culture, literary movements, art and music, immigration, and legislation; arranged chronologically with maps, illustrations, and quotations for primary souce documents.

Provides information and critical examinations of the fifty most important issues debated in the history of the United Nations from 1945 to 2000.