The Penguin History of the Twentieth Century: The History of the World, 1901 to the Present

by J.M. Roberts

Book Overview

This dazzling overview of a turbulent century explores both dramatic events and underlying trends. Despite a terrible two-stage 'European civil war' and the traumatic rise and fall of communism, wealth has increased dramatically alongside a four-fold leap in population, women's lives have been transformed, America has assumed undisputed political and cultural leadership. The Penguin History of the Twentieth Century is powerful, international and definitive...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140276319
• ISBN13: 9780140276312
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Length: 928 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 5.0" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher