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...
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