{"product_id":"the-oxford-history-of-the-twentieth-century","title":"The Oxford History of the Twentieth Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eOf all the centuries in recorded history  none has seen more change  none has ended more differently than it began  than the twentieth. In 1900  Queen Victoria still ruled over England  the Imperial Manchu dynasty over China  and the Romanov Tsars over Russia. The cinema was in its infancy  radio and television still to be invented. The first cars were on the road  but air travel existed only in earthbound imaginations. And now  as Yeats said  all is \"changed utterly.\" In this ambitious book  twenty-four of the most distinguished scholars in the world survey the momentous events and the significant themes of the twentieth century in compact  scholarly essays. The contributors tackle political issues region by region as well as non-political topics in subjects such as physics  modernism in art  international economics  and the impact of new technologies on culture. We have William H. McNeill on communications  disease  and demography  Alan Ryan on the growth of a global culture  James Patterson on the United States since 1945  Jonathan Spence on China  Lawrence Freedman on the confrontation of the superpowers  Alan Knight on Latin America  Ralf Dahrendorf on the Twenty-First Century  and much more. The authors trace the continuities which have persisted over the past hundred years and analyze the changes which have marked the centurys 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 centurys course  continent by continent and region by region  all written by acknowledged experts. Beautifully illustrated with both color 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 an invaluable repository of information and insight about the endlessly fascinating century we live in.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44955595833397,"sku":"ByrdShop_0198204280","price":21.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780198204282.jpg?v=1770312811","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-oxford-history-of-the-twentieth-century","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}