Book description
The 20
th
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 know today.
Enormous steps were made in wiping out widespread
discrimination, from the women's suffrage movement leading to women's
right to vote in western countries, to the civil rights movement in
the US challenging racial segregation. The political landscape has
provided lots of excitement, with charismatic and scandalous
presidents in the White House, the first female prime minister in the
UK, dictators working to various manifestoes across the world, the
Middle East conflict and the changing balance of political and
economic “superpowers”.
Technological advances have resulted in nigh on universal adoption
and dependence on automobiles, computers, mobiles and other wireless
technology. The exponential rate at which technology is evolving is
one of the variables that make the twentieth century so fascinating.
All this and much, much more happened in a mere one hundred years -
where did we find the time to do so much?! Twentieth Century
History For Dummies tells all...
Dr Sean Lang studied history at Oxford and is the
author of the best-selling British History For Dummies and
European History For Dummies. He is coeditor of Twentieth
Century History Review, and regularly appears on radio and
television talking about history.
