The Twentieth century index
Author: John Clark Ridpath
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Published: 1918
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The Long Twentieth Century
Author: Giovanni Arrighi
Publisher: Verso
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 420
ISBN-13: 9781859840153
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWinner of the American Sociological Association PEWS Award (1995) for Distinguished Scholarship The Long Twentieth Century traces the epochal shifts in the relationship between capital accumulation and state formation over a 700-year period. Giovanni Arrighi masterfully synthesizes social theory, comparative history and historical narrative in this account of the structures and agencies which have shaped the course of world history over the millennium. Borrowing from Braudel, Arrighi argues that the history of capitalism has unfolded as a succession of "long centuries"—ages during which a hegemonic power deploying a novel combination of economic and political networks secured control over an expanding world-economic space. The modest beginnings, rise and violent unravel-ing of the links forged between capital, state power, and geopolitics by hegemonic classes and states are explored with dramatic intensity. From this perspective, Arrighi explains the changing fortunes of Florentine, Venetian, Genoese, Dutch, English, and finally American capitalism. The book concludes with an examination of the forces which have shaped and are now poised to undermine America's world power.
History of the Twentieth Century
Author: Martin Gilbert
Publisher: Rosetta Books
Published: 2014-06-05
Total Pages: 723
ISBN-13: 0795337329
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA 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.
The World in the Long Twentieth Century
Author: Edward Ross Dickinson
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2018-01-12
Total Pages: 386
ISBN-13: 0520285557
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe biological transformation of modern times -- The foundations of the modern global economy -- Reorganizing the global economy -- Localization and globalization -- The great explosion -- New world (dis)order -- High modernity -- Revolt and refusal -- Transformative modernity -- Democracy and capitalism triumphant
Great People of the 20th Century
Author: Time Books (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Time Life Medical
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 200
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Music and International History in the Twentieth Century
Author: Jessica C. E. Gienow-Hecht
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 2015-04-01
Total Pages: 278
ISBN-13: 1782385010
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBringing together scholars from the fields of musicology and international history, this book investigates the significance of music to foreign relations, and how it affected the interaction of nations since the late 19th century. For more than a century, both state and non-state actors have sought to employ sound and harmony to influence allies and enemies, resolve conflicts, and export their own culture around the world. This book asks how we can understand music as an instrument of power and influence, and how the cultural encounters fostered by music changes our ideas about international history.
The twentieth century. Index
Author: John Clark Ridpath
Publisher:
Published: 1912
Total Pages: 668
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Author: Colin Davies
Publisher: Laurence King Publishing
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9781856694636
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFeaturing over 100 of the most significant and influential houses of the twentieth century, For each of the houses included there are numerous, accurate scale plans showing each floor, together with elevations, sections and site plans where appropriate. All of these have been specially drawn for this book and are based on the most up-to-date information and sources.
Encyclopedia of the United States in the Twentieth Century
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Published: 1996
Total Pages: 0
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKTwentieth Century Words
Author: John Ayto
Publisher: OXFORD University Press
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 648
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn Twentieth Century Words, lexicographer John Ayto takes us on an exhilarating tour of our century, charting it decade by decade by way of the words we've coined to mark our passage through time. Ayto looks at some 5,000 words and meanings, from "flapper" to "flower power" to "road rage." We learn the birth dates of words such as "movie" (1910s), "barbecue" (1930s), Beatlemania (1960s), and "foodie" (1980s). Ayto also treats us to many surprises as well. Did you know, for instance, that "atomic energy" was coined in the 1900s, "rocket ship" in the 1920s, "hologram" in the '40s, and "modem" in the '50s? And in addition to the main alphabetic sequence of entries, the book also offers boxed features on topics of special interest, such as words arising from World War II ("bazooka," "jeep," "bikini"). With a thoughtful essay to introduce each decade, and thousands of evocative words and phrases, Twentieth Century Words will enthrall all word lovers as it opens a unique window on the last one hundred years.
