20Th Century category: 9982 books
by Seán Lang
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2011
The 20th Century brought revolutionary changes to our world and our lives: the human population of the world tripled, space travel became reality, two world wars and a host of other conflicts were fought, and huge advances in science, technology and communication resulted in the globalised world we...
From Truman to the 21St Century
Observations of a Baby Boomer
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2011
From Truman to the 21st Century details personal observations of significant historical events and the impact of these events on our culture during the second half of the 20th century and the threshold of the 21st century. The content is based on actual events, the presidents in office during the...
Medical Licensing and Discipline in America
A History of the Federation of State Medical Boards
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2012
Medical Licensing and Discipline in America traces the evolution of the U.S. medical licensing system from its historical antecedents in the 18th and 19th century to its modern structure. David A. Johnson and Humayun J. Chaudhry provide an organizational history of the Federation of State Medical...
Between Citizens and the State
The Politics of American Higher Education in the 20th Century
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2011
This book tracks the dramatic outcomes of the federal government's growing involvement in higher education between World War I and the 1970s, and the conservative backlash against that involvement from the 1980s onward. Using cutting-edge analysis, Christopher Loss recovers higher education's central...
30-Second Twentieth Century
The 50 most significant ideas and events, each explained in half a minute
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2015
You probably know, or think you know, quite a bit about what happened in the 20th century – chances are, if you’re reading this, you lived through at least some of it – and you may have referenced the Cuban Missile Crisis, the double helix, or the Wall Street Crash in conversation. But even...
Genocide and Gender in the Twentieth Century
A Comparative Survey
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2015
CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title 2016
Genocide and Gender in the Twentieth Century brings together a collection of some of the finest Genocide Studies scholars in North America and Europe to examine gendered discourses, practices and experiences of ethnic cleansing and genocide in the 20th...
Raising Citizens in the 'Century of the Child'
The United States and German Central Europe in Comparative Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
The 20th century, declared at its start to be the “Century of the Child” by Swedish author Ellen Key, saw an unprecedented expansion of state activity in and expert knowledge on child-rearing on both sides of the Atlantic. Children were seen as a crucial national resource whose care could not...
by David Ryan
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2016
The relationship between the US and Europe in the 20th century is one of the key considerations in any understanding of international relations/international history during this period. David Ryan first sets the context by looking at the trends and traditions of America’s foreign relations in the...
From Eve to Dawn: A History of Women in the World Volume IV
Revolutions and the Struggles for Justice in the 20th Century
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2008
The conclusion of the “remarkable” four-volume history by the New York Times–bestselling author of The Women’s Room (Publishers Weekly).
In the twentieth century, women became a force for change, in part through suffrage, and in part through mass organizing. This final volume of Marilyn...
Transnational Fascism in the Twentieth Century
Spain, Italy and the Global Neo-Fascist Network
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2016
Developing a knowledge of the Spanish-Italian connection between right-wing extremist groups is crucial to any detailed understanding of the history of fascism. Transnational Fascism in the Twentieth Century allows us to consider the global fascist network that built up over the course of the 20th...
by Charles River Editors
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2012
*Includes a Bibliography of Salinger's works.*Analyzes The Catcher in the Rye and Salinger's literary career.*Includes a Table of Contents."I love to write and I assure you I write regularly…But I write for myself, for my own pleasure. And I want to be left alone to do it. J.D. SalingerA lot of ink...
Twentieth-Century Europe
A Brief History, 1900 to the Present
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2014
Twentieth-Century Europe: A Brief History presents readers with a concise and accessible survey of the most significant themes and political events that shaped European history in the 20th and 21st centuries.
Features updates that include a new chapter that reviews major political and economic...
A Cruel and Shocking Act
The Secret History of the Kennedy Assassination
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2013
A groundbreaking, explosive account of the Kennedy assassination that will rewrite the history of the 20th century's most controversial murder investigation
The questions have haunted our nation for half a century: Was the President killed by a single gunman? Was Lee Harvey Oswald part of a...
Creating the Twentieth Century : Technical Innovations of 1867-1914 and Their Lasting Impact
Technical Innovations of 1867-1914 and Their Lasting Impact
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2005
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...