20Th Century category: 9982 books
Europe's Postwar Periods - 1989, 1945, 1918
Writing History Backwards
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2018
This book brings together world-renowned scholars from all over Europe to analyse how successive Europes have been constructed in the wake of the key conflicts of the period: the Cold War and the two World Wars. By regressively tracing Europe's path back to these pivotal moments as part of a unique...
by Earle Looker, Arthur Hayne Mitchell
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2016
When Theodore Roosevelt became president at age forty-two upon the assassination of William McKinley, he was the youngest President to have ever served then and now - and was father to six children, ranging in age from three to seventeen. During his term, watching the Roosevelt family became a national...
by Professor James Connelly, Dr Peter Johnson, Dr Stephen Leach
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2014
R. G. Collingwood is an important 20th-century historian, archaeologist and philosopher whose works are the subject of continued interest, analysis and study. There is an unquestionable need to support this research activity with the provision of a reference guide which is fully up-to-date, informed...
THE ALBERT MEMORIAL
The Anarchist Life and Times of Albert Meltzer (7 January 1920 — 7 May 1996). An Appreciation by Phil Ruff, with a postscript by ‘Acrata’.
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2014
Albert Meltzer was probably one of the most notable and influential figures in the British anarchist movement of the second half of the 20th century. This commemorative appreciation of Albert’s life and work by his close friend and comrade, ‘Black Flag’ cartoonist Phil Ruff also includes contributions...
Quizzing America
Television Game Shows and Popular Culture in the 1950s
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2018
The 1950s television game show was a cultural touchstone, reflecting the zeitgeist of a flourishing modern nation. The author explores the iconography of the mid–20th century U.S. in the context of TV watching, game playing and prize winning. The scandals that marred the genre’s reputation are revisited, highlighting American’s propensity for both gullibility and winking cynicism.
Holocaust Representations in History
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2015
Holocaust Representations in History is an introduction to critical questions and debates surrounding the depiction, chronicling and memorialization of the Holocaust through the historical analysis of some of the most provocative and significant works of Holocaust representation.
In a series...
A British Fascist in the Second World War
The Italian War Diary of James Strachey Barnes, 1943-45
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2014
A British Fascist in the Second World War presents the edited diary of the British fascist Italophile, James Strachey Barnes. Previously unpublished, the diary is a significant source for all students of the Second World War and the history of European and British fascism.
The diary covers...
Behind Lady Liberty's Right Shoulder! Women of Courage
In the Explosions At Black Tom Island and Kingsland, New Jersey: 1916-1917
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2019
Before the Oklahoma City Bombing and the Nine-Eleven Twin Towers Attack, there were the Black Tom Island and the Kingsland Explosions of 1916 and 1917 respectively. There were acts of sabotage as well as terror. The Black Tom Explosion has been historically described as one of the worst acts of terrorism...
by Dave Otto, Richard Ellington
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2015
Mills dominated life in Carrboro during the first half of the 20th century. Closure of the last mill in the early 1960s spawned a cultural renaissance, stimulated by the arrival in 1978 of French artist Jacques Menarche, whose ArtSchool became today's ArtsCenter. The opening of the Farmers Market...
by Dee Merian
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2009
Dee Merian has authored four books. They are all non-fiction stories telling the reader about fellow Americans during the 20th Century. This is her second book of anthologies. Her first book American Mosiac was recommended by Forbes Readers for three years. She mixes stories about celebrities as well...
Ottoman Refugees, 1878-1939
Migration in a Post-Imperial World
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2013
In the first half of the 20th century, throughout the Balkans and Middle East, a familiar story of destroyed communities forced to flee war or economic crisis unfolded. Often, these refugees of the Ottoman Empire - Christians, Muslims and Jews - found their way to new continents, forming an Ottoman...
The History of East-Central European Eugenics, 1900-1945
Sources and Commentaries
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2015
The History of East-Central European Eugenics, 1900-1945 redefines the European history of eugenics by exploring the ideological transmission of eugenics internationally and its application locally in East-Central Europe. It includes 100 primary sources translated from the East-Central European languages...
The Collapse of British Rule in Burma
The Civilian Evacuation and Independence
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2018
In May 1942 colonial Burma was in a state of military, economic and constitutional collapse. Japanese forces controlled almost the whole country and thousands of evacuees were trapped in a huge area of no-man's-land in the north. They made their way to India through the so-called 'jungles of death',...
The Stab-in-the-Back Myth and the Fall of the Weimar Republic
A History in Documents and Visual Sources
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2016
This unique sourcebook explores the Stab-in-the-Back myth that developed in Germany in the wake of World War One, analyzing its role in the end of the Weimar Republic and its impact on the Nazi regime that followed.
A critical development in modern German and even European history that has...