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Author : Trevor Illtyd Williams
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1960
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:34649642
Author : Trevor Illtyd Williams
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : History
ISBN : WISC:89009144445
Details the scientific developments and technological advances in a variety of fields, including electronics, energy, aeronautics, and computers, in the light of social, economic, and political trends.
Author : John Lukacs
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674728592
The historian John Lukacs offers a concise history of the twentieth century—its two world wars and cold war, its nations and leaders. The great themes woven through this spirited narrative are inseparable from the author’s own intellectual preoccupations: the fading of liberalism, the rise of populism and nationalism, the achievements and dangers of technology, and the continuing democratization of the globe. The historical twentieth century began with the First World War in 1914 and ended seventy-five years later with the collapse of the Soviet Empire in 1989. The short century saw the end of European dominance and the rise of American power and influence throughout the world. The twentieth century was an American century—perhaps the American century. Lukacs explores in detail the phenomenon of national socialism (national socialist parties, he reminds us, have outlived the century), Hitler’s sole responsibility for the Second World War, and the crucial roles played by his determined opponents Churchill and Roosevelt. Between 1939 and 1942 Germany came closer to winning than many people suppose. Lukacs casts a hard eye at the consequences of the Second World War—the often misunderstood Soviet-American cold war—and at the shifting social and political developments in the Far and Middle East and elsewhere. In an eloquent closing meditation on the passing of the twentieth century, he reflects on the advance of democracy throughout the world and the limitations of human knowledge.
Author : Colin Hempstead
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Technology
ISBN : UVA:X004811261
"Comprising 395 essays arranged alphabetically, mostly on individual objects, artifacts, techniques, and products, this is an up-to-date work of reference for all those involved in teaching or researching the history of twentieth-century technology."--Publisher's description.
Author : Thomas Kingston Derry,Trevor Illtyd Williams
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 810 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015003719708
Emphasizes the relationship between man's general history and the history of technical progress up to 1900.
Author : Stephen van Dulken
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2002-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780814788127
Recounts the history of 100 of the most significant 20th century inventions Imagine your average day without zippers, airplanes or vacuum cleaners, without your clock radio or your personal stereo, without photocopiers. All of these devices were invented within the last hundred years and have since transformed our daily landscape. Drawing on The British Library's vast and comprehensive collection of patents, this handsomely illustrated book recounts the history of 100 of the most significant inventions of the century, decade by decade. From the photocopier to the Slinky, from genetic fingerprinting to the Lava Lamp, from the ballpoint pen to the fuel cell, Inventing the Twentieth Century is an informative, illuminating window onto the technology of the twentieth century. It's the perfect gift book for every inventor and tinkerer in your life!
Author : Colin A. Hempstead
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 459 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1579583865
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 459 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 1280155981
Comprising 395 essays arranged alphabetically, mostly on individual objects, artefacts, techniques, and products, this is an up-to-date work of reference for all those involved in teaching or researching the history of twentieth-century technology.For a full list of entries, contributors, and more, visit the Encycloped ia of 20th-Century Technology website.
Author : Martin Gilbert
Publisher : Rosetta Books
Page : 723 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780795337321
A chronological compilation of twentieth-century world events in one volume—from the acclaimed historian and biographer of Winston S. Churchill. The twentieth century has been one of the most unique in human history. It has seen the rise of some of humanity’s most important advances to date, as well as many of its most violent and terrifying wars. This is a condensed version of renowned historian Martin Gilbert’s masterful examination of the century’s history, offering the highlights of a three-volume work that covers more than three thousand pages. From the invention of aviation to the rise of the Internet, and from events and cataclysmic changes in Europe to those in Asia, Africa, and North America, Martin examines art, literature, war, religion, life and death, and celebration and renewal across the globe, and throughout this turbulent and astonishing century.
Author : Trevor Illtyd Williams
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Science
ISBN : UOM:39015018985369
Examines the history of scientific discovery in the twentieth century. Supplemented by chronological tables, datafiles, special features, and capsule biographies.
Author : Hans-Joachim Braun
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2002-09-16
Category : Music
ISBN : 0801868858
Braun (Universitat der Bundeswehr) presents 13 contributions by scholars in two fields of history--musicology and technology. Topics include the role of Yamaha in Japan's musical development, the social construction of the synthesizer, the player piano as a precursor of computer music, the musical role of airplanes and locomotives, the origins of the 45-RPM record, violin vibrato and the phonograph, Jimi Hendrix, the aesthetic challenge of sound sampling, and others. Originally published in 2000 as I Sing the Body Electric: Music and Technology in the 20th Century. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
Author : James Edward McClellan,Harold Dorn
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 0801883598
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Author : Trevor I. Williams
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 861 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:867211517
Author : Ronald Wright
Publisher : House of Anansi
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Civilization
ISBN : 9780887847066
Each time history repeats itself, so it's said, the price goes up. The twentieth century was a time of runaway growth in human population, consumption, and technology, placing a colossal load on all natural systems, especially earth, air, and water — the very elements of life. The most urgent questions of the twenty-first century are: where will this growth lead? can it be consolidated or sustained? and what kind of world is our present bequeathing to our future?In his #1 bestseller A Short History of Progress Ronald Wright argues that our modern predicament is as old as civilization, a 10,000-year experiment we have participated in but seldom controlled. Only by understanding the patterns of triumph and disaster that humanity has repeated around the world since the Stone Age can we recognize the experiment's inherent dangers, and, with luck and wisdom, shape its outcome.
Author : Qi Xin
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2019-08-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9789811399732
This book examines the cultural concepts that guided the development of the “age of mankind”— the changes that took place in historical, philosophical, scientific, religious, literary, and artistic thought in the 20th century. It discusses a broad range of major topics, including the spread of commercial capitalism; socialist revolutions; the two world wars; anti-colonialist national liberation movements; scientific progress; the clashes and fusion of Eastern and Western cultures; globalization; women’s rights movements; mass media and entertainment; the age of information and the digital society. The combination of cultural phenomena and theoretical descriptions ensures a unity of culture, history and logic. Lastly, the book explores the enormous changes in lifestyles and the virtualized future, revealing cultural characteristics and discussing 21st -century trends in the context of information technology, globalization and the digital era.