A Short History Of The 20th Century

Blainey Geoffrey

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Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Penquin Books
Publisher Place: Camberwell
Publisher Year: 2007
Edition: Reprint

Description: 560 pages. Book is in general good condition. There is some light reading wear present, but still a presentable copy.

Publishers Description: This new book from celebrated historian Geoffrey Blainey takes us on an incredible global journey through a tempestuous hundred years. His eye for detail and evocative style bring to vivid life many of the events that marked the 20th century- two world wars, the rise and fall of communist states, the worst economic slump in the world's history, the decline of European monarchies and empires, the ascent of the first female prime ministers, the resurgence of Asia, and the exploration of outer space. Yet it is not only through such grand markers that we come to know and understand our history. As ever, Blainey brings the past alive by recording the minutiae of daily life - nine-year-old mothers with puny babies, the whiff of chaff and manure, the bustle of crowded cities. It brilliantly evokes the excitement of the times, the triumphs and the tragedies of perhaps the most significant century of all.

ISBN: 9780143006145

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