twentieth century

An anthology of poems in which over one hundred American poets bid farewell to the twentieth century.

Photographs and text provide a year-by-year chronicle of the major historical events of the twentieth century.

A year-by-year chronicle of the twentieth century, highlighting the major news stories, as well as popular events that defined the times.

A decade-by-decade examination of the primary themes and monumental events of the twentieth century, highlighted by six hundred photographs and illustrations.

Presents essays that examine significant events in the history of the mid-twentieth century, from 1941 to 1947, covering world politics, society and culture, literary movements, art and music, immigration, and legislation; arranged chronologically with maps, illustrations, and quotations from primary source documents.

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.

Contains chronologically arranged articles that provide information about significant events and scientific achievements around the world from 1900 through the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on the U.S., covering sixty broad categories including agriculture, health, law, communications, and entertainment, with illustrations, a time line, and category, geographical, personages, and general subject indexes.

Discusses six dictators of the modern world, including Francisco Franco, Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong, Fidel Castro, and Saddam Hussein, and examines the effects of their actions on their countries.