Twentieth Century History For Dummies
Seán Lang
- 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
- 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...
