The Facts on File encyclopedia of the 20th century
The book is a comprehensive guide to the momentous century in which we live. It has witnessed two world wars; a worldwide economic depression; the assassinations of Mohandas K. Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr. and John F. Kennedy; the dawn of the nuclear era; the landing of man on the moon; the birth...
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New York
Facts on File
1991
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| Tóm tắt: | The book is a comprehensive guide to the momentous century in which we live. It has witnessed two world wars; a worldwide economic depression; the assassinations of Mohandas K. Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr. and John F. Kennedy; the dawn of the nuclear era; the landing of man on the moon; the birth of the computer age; the introduction of miracle drugs and organ transplants; the invention of talking moving pictures and stereophonic recording; and contless other events that have foever changed life on Earth. Covering our era in unprecedented breadth and depth. the more than 8.000 A-to-Z entries in this book capture the people, places, events and concepts that have shaped the past 90-plus years. This book chronicles the full extent in this century, including: world leaders, diplomacy, conflicts, government, explorers, inventions, music, literature, film, athletes, and thousands of other topics |
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