Modern History

Modern History

Author: J. M. Roberts

Publisher: Duncan Baird Publishers

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 912

ISBN-13: 9781844834525

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This account of developments in the modern era begins with the European Renaissance, and traces developments across the centuries of empire, industrial innovation, revolutions and world wars, through to the emergence of a fast-changing, inter-connected and non-Eurocentric world beset with environmental concerns.


Memory

Memory

Author: Alison Winter

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2012-01-16

Total Pages: 331

ISBN-13: 0226902587

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Picture your 21st birthday. Did you have a party? If so, do you remember who was there? How clear are these memories? Should we trust them? Such questions have fascinated scientists for hundreds of years, and, as Alison Winter shows in this book, the answers have changed dramatically in just the past century.


History of the Twentieth Century

History of the Twentieth Century

Author: Martin Gilbert

Publisher: Rosetta Books

Published: 2014-06-05

Total Pages: 723

ISBN-13: 0795337329

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A chronological compilation of twentieth-century world events in one volume—from the acclaimed historian and biographer of Winston S. Churchill. The twentieth century has been one of the most unique in human history. It has seen the rise of some of humanity’s most important advances to date, as well as many of its most violent and terrifying wars. This is a condensed version of renowned historian Martin Gilbert’s masterful examination of the century’s history, offering the highlights of a three-volume work that covers more than three thousand pages. From the invention of aviation to the rise of the Internet, and from events and cataclysmic changes in Europe to those in Asia, Africa, and North America, Martin examines art, literature, war, religion, life and death, and celebration and renewal across the globe, and throughout this turbulent and astonishing century.


Japan, a Modern History

Japan, a Modern History

Author: James L. McClain

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 760

ISBN-13: 9780393041569

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Japan: A Modern History provides a comprehensive narrative that integrates the political, social, cultural, and economic history of modern Japan from the investiture of Tokugawa Ieyasu in 1603 to the present.


The New Deal

The New Deal

Author: Michael Hiltzik

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2011-09-13

Total Pages: 514

ISBN-13: 1439154481

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From first to last the New Deal was a work in progress, a patchwork of often contradictory ideas.


A History of Modern Computing, second edition

A History of Modern Computing, second edition

Author: Paul E. Ceruzzi

Publisher: MIT Press

Published: 2003-04-08

Total Pages: 468

ISBN-13: 9780262532037

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From the first digital computer to the dot-com crash—a story of individuals, institutions, and the forces that led to a series of dramatic transformations. This engaging history covers modern computing from the development of the first electronic digital computer through the dot-com crash. The author concentrates on five key moments of transition: the transformation of the computer in the late 1940s from a specialized scientific instrument to a commercial product; the emergence of small systems in the late 1960s; the beginning of personal computing in the 1970s; the spread of networking after 1985; and, in a chapter written for this edition, the period 1995-2001. The new material focuses on the Microsoft antitrust suit, the rise and fall of the dot-coms, and the advent of open source software, particularly Linux. Within the chronological narrative, the book traces several overlapping threads: the evolution of the computer's internal design; the effect of economic trends and the Cold War; the long-term role of IBM as a player and as a target for upstart entrepreneurs; the growth of software from a hidden element to a major character in the story of computing; and the recurring issue of the place of information and computing in a democratic society. The focus is on the United States (though Europe and Japan enter the story at crucial points), on computing per se rather than on applications such as artificial intelligence, and on systems that were sold commercially and installed in quantities.


The Modern History of Iraq

The Modern History of Iraq

Author: Phebe Marr

Publisher:

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 9780813382142

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Uses United Nations reports, Iraqi government records, and interviews with Iraqi educators, writers, and ordinary citizens to present a history of modern Iraq, from the construction of the modern state in 1920 through today.


Iran

Iran

Author: Abbas Amanat

Publisher:

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780300248937

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A masterfully researched and compelling history of Iran from the sixteenth century to the twenty-first


History of Modern Design

History of Modern Design

Author: David Raizman

Publisher: Laurence King Publishing

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 406

ISBN-13: 9781856693486

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An exploration of the parallel development of product and graphic design from the 18th century to the 21st. The effects of mass production and consumption, man-made industrial materials and extended lines of communication are also discussed.