The Pimlico History of the Twentieth Century

The Pimlico History of the Twentieth Century

by Clive Ponting (Author)

Synopsis

How has the world changed in the last century? As we look back across a hundred years of turbulence, Clive Ponting provides a major reassessment of what the twentieth century has meant to people throughout the world. "The Pimlico History of the Twentieth Century" analyses the fundamental forces of population, industry and their consequences for the environment. It traces the rise and full of empires, the impact of nationalism, examines domestic politics from all political perspectives, and considers the darker side of history in the growing repressive power of states across the world and the most terrible of twentieth-century crimes - genocide. "The Pimlico History of the Twentieth Century" is a provocative and challenging analysis of the whole world in the twentieth century, combining a global sweep with an eye for detail and individual experiences.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 592
Edition: First Thus
Publisher: Pimlico
Published: 03 Jun 1999

ISBN 10: 071266470X
ISBN 13: 9780712664707
Book Overview: Arranged thematically, this ambitious and masterly book defines the twentieth century in a single volume. A work of easy reference, it contains a massive amount of fascinating data and will be of value for decades to come. 19990305

Media Reviews
If you want a single book that is bound to tell you something you did not know about the twentieth century, and hold your interest, and make you think, this is the volume for you * Daily Telegraph *
Author Bio
Clive Ponting is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Wales, Swansea. He is the author of Breach of Promise: Labour in Power 1964-1970; 1940: Myth and Reality; A Green History of the World; the highly controversial revisionist biography Churchill; and Armageddon: The Second World War.