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Victoria still ruled over the British Empire, the imperial Manchu dynasty over China, and the Romanov Tsars over Russia. The cinema was in its infancy, with radio and television still to be developed. The earliest cars were on the road, but air travel was yet to come. Before antibiotics and effective vaccines against many common diseases, death rates were high. Over the course of the twentieth century, the human population of the world has tripled, space travel has left the realms of science fiction and become reality, two cataclysmic world wars and a host of other conflicts have been fought, the internal combustion engine has replaced the horse as the basic means of transport, computer technology has revolutionized communications. In this ambitious book, some of the most distinguished historians in the world survey the momentous events and the significant themes of recent and contemporary times, with a look forward to what the future might bring. They trace the continuities which have persisted over a hundred years and analyse the changes which have marked the century's progress. Early chapters take a global overview of the century as a whole, from a variety of perspectives -- demographic, scientific, economic, and cultural. Further chapters chart the century's course continent by continent and region by region, all written by acknowledged experts. Beautifully illustrated with both colour and black and white plates, and with a detailed chronology, suggestions for further reading, and a full index, The Oxford History of the Twentieth Century is a valuable repository of information, offering unparalleled insights into the century we live in.
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Michael Howard was Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Oxford before becoming Robert A. Lovett Professor of Military and Naval History at Yale University. His books include War in European History (OUP, 1976), Clausewitz (OUP, 1983), and The Lessons of History (OUP, 1991). Wm. Roger Louis is Kerr Professor of English History and Culture at the University of Texas at Austin and an Associate Fellow of St
Antony's College, Oxford. He is Editor-in-Chief of the 5-volume Oxford History of the British Empire, and author of Imperialism at Bay (Clarendon Press, 1977), The British Empire in the Middle East (Clarendon Press, 1984), and Churchill (OUP, 1993).
The peoples of Western Europe and North America seemed to have every reason to greet the twentieth century as the dawn of a new and happier age in the history of mankind. Read the first page
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