Twentieth Century (ENHANCED eBook)
Twentieth Century (ENHANCED eBook)

Author: C. F. Ware

Publisher: Lorenz Educational Press

Published: 2003-09-01

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 142911598X

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Welcome to the fascinating world of the American twentieth century — a time when changes in technology, communications, and transportation changed the world. The activities in this book provide an overview of social, historical, and cultural events in the U.S. during the twentieth century. People entered the twentieth century on horses, steamships, and steam locomotives and left it in Concord jets, nuclear submarines, and space shuttles. The eight full-color transparencies at the back of the book (print books) or the included PowerPoint slides (eBooks) can be used alone or with specific activities listed in the table of contents.

Creating the Twentieth Century
Creating the Twentieth Century

Author: Vaclav Smil

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2005-08-25

Total Pages: 361

ISBN-13: 0195168747

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The period between 1867 and 1914 remains the greatest watershed in human history since the emergence of settled agricultural societies: the time when an expansive civilization based on synergy of fuels, science, and technical innovation was born. At its beginnings in the 1870s were dynamite, the telephone, photographic film, and the first light bulbs. Its peak decade - the astonishing 1880s - brought electricity - generating plants, electric motors, steam turbines, the gramophone, cars, aluminum production, air-filled rubber tires, and prestressed concrete. And its post-1900 period saw the first airplanes, tractors, radio signals and plastics, neon lights and assembly line production. This book is a systematic interdisciplinary account of the history of this outpouring of European and American intellect and of its truly epochal consequences. It takes a close look at four fundamental classes of these epoch-making innovations: formation, diffusion, and standardization of electric systems; invention and rapid adoption of internal combustion engines; the unprecedented pace of new chemical syntheses and material substitutions; and the birth of a new information age. These chapters are followed by an evaluation of the lasting impact these advances had on the 20th century, that is, the creation of high-energy societies engaged in mass production aimed at improving standards of living.

Geopolitics and Globalization in the Twentieth Century
Geopolitics and Globalization in the Twentieth Century

Author: Brian Blouet

Publisher: Reaktion Books

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 9781861890856

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This book looks at the struggle between the processes of globalization and geopolitical forces over the last 150 years. The twentieth century witnessed a struggle between geopolitical states who wanted to close off and control earth space, resources and population and globalizing ones who wished to open up the world to the free flow of ideas, goods and services. Brian W. Blouet analyzes the tug-of-war between these tendencies, the playing out of which determined the shape and behavior of today's world. Beginning his survey in the late nineteenth century, Blouet shows how the Second World War served to focus international awareness on the ramifications of global controls, and how we may be facing the end of geopolitics today.

Techniques and Materials of Music
Techniques and Materials of Music

Author: Thomas Benjamin

Publisher: Cengage Learning

Published: 2014-01-01

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781285854441

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Designed to serve as a primary text for the first two years of college music theory, TECHNIQUES AND MATERIALS OF MUSIC, 7th Enhanced Edition covers all the basics of composition--including harmony, melody, and musical form. The authors present essential materials of common-practice music and an overview of 20th century techniques, and include numerous hands-on exercises to help students better retain key concepts. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

Twentieth Century Design
Twentieth Century Design

Author: Jonathan M. Woodham

Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks

Published: 1997-04-10

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9780192842046

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A look at the wider issues of design and industrial culture throughout Europe, Scandinavia, North America, and the Far East. The book explores the way in which 20th-century designs such as the Coca-Cola bottle have affected our culture more than those considered true classics

The Routledge History of Twentieth-Century United States
The Routledge History of Twentieth-Century United States

Author: Jerald Podair

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-05-02

Total Pages: 434

ISBN-13: 1317485661

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The Routledge History of the Twentieth-Century United States is a comprehensive introduction to the most important trends and developments in the study of modern United States history. Driven by interdisciplinary scholarship, the thirty-four original chapters underscore the vast range of identities, perspectives and tensions that contributed to the growth and contested meanings of the United States in the twentieth century. The chronological and topical breadth of the collection highlights critical political and economic developments of the century while also drawing attention to relatively recent areas of research, including borderlands, technology and disability studies. Dynamic and flexible in its possible applications, The Routledge History of the Twentieth-Century United States offers an exciting new resource for the study of modern American history.

Analytic Approaches to Twentieth-century Music
Analytic Approaches to Twentieth-century Music

Author: Joel Lester

Publisher: W. W. Norton

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 303

ISBN-13: 9780393957624

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Designed to introduce the reader to a variety of analytic techniques applicable to music of our century, this valuable new book is written in a straightforward, clear style and includes abundant music examples, practical exercises, and reinforcing overviews.

Changing Geography of the 20th Century: Read Along or Enhanced eBook
Changing Geography of the 20th Century: Read Along or Enhanced eBook

Author: Dona Herweck Rice

Publisher: Teacher Created Materials

Published: 2024-02-13

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 1087655250

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Learn how 20th century history changed world geography with this social studies book that piques students’ curiosity about history through dynamic primary sources. Primary sources give students unique insights and personal connections to history. Examples of primary sources include images of Pearl Harbor, nuclear weapon testing, a pro-communism poster, and a factory assembly line. This 32-page book includes text features that help students increase reading comprehension and their understanding of the subject. Packed with interesting facts, sidebars, and essential vocabulary, this book is perfect for reports or projects.

Cooking in Other Women’s Kitchens
Cooking in Other Women’s Kitchens

Author: Rebecca Sharpless

Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press

Published: 2010-10-11

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 0807899496

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As African American women left the plantation economy behind, many entered domestic service in southern cities and towns. Cooking was one of the primary jobs they performed, feeding generations of white families and, in the process, profoundly shaping southern foodways and culture. Rebecca Sharpless argues that, in the face of discrimination, long workdays, and low wages, African American cooks worked to assert measures of control over their own lives. As employment opportunities expanded in the twentieth century, most African American women chose to leave cooking for more lucrative and less oppressive manufacturing, clerical, or professional positions. Through letters, autobiography, and oral history, Sharpless evokes African American women's voices from slavery to the open economy, examining their lives at work and at home.

Twentieth Century Fox
Twentieth Century Fox

Author: Michael Troyan

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2017-08-15

Total Pages: 737

ISBN-13: 1630761435

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Here it is: the first-time look at the remarkable American multinational mass media empire and its century of entertainment—the story of Twentieth Century Fox (1915–2015). Or, to borrow the title of a classic 1959 Fox film, The Best of Everything. This is the complete revelatory story—bookended by empire builders William Fox and Rupert Murdoch—aimed as both a grand, entertaining, nostalgic and picture-filled interactive read and the ultimate guide to all things Twentieth Century Fox. The controversies and scandals are here, as are the extraordinary achievements. Among other firsts, the book offers fun tours of its historic production and ranch facilities including never-before-told stories about its stars and creative personalities (Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, James Dean, and Shirley Temple got started there). Finally, it is the first such work approved by the company and utilizing its own unique resources. The authors primarily tell a celebratory tale, but most importantly, an accurate one.