People's century

Author(s)

• Hodgson, Godfrey
• Roberts, J. M.

Bibliographic Information

People's century

Godfrey Hodgson

BBC Books, 1995-

• [v. 1]
• v. 2

Other Title

People's century : 20th

People's century : from the dawn of the century to the start of the Cold War

People's century : from the start of the nuclear age to the end of the century

Note

[v. 1.] From the dawn of the century to the start of the Cold War

v. 2. From the start of the nuclear age to the end of the century

"People's century : 20th"--Half t.p

"...published to accompany the television series entitled People's Century"--Added t.p

"Series consultant, J.M. Roberts"--T.p. of v. 2

Includes indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

[v. 1] ISBN 9780563370246

Description

In previous centuries history was made by aristocracies and elites, but the masses are now much more influential than in the past, due to developments in education, communication and means of production. This is the first of two volumes of a work based on a 26-part BBC1 series which tells the story of the 20th century by concentrating on the role played by ordinary people. The first half of the century was dominated by the new mass ideologies of communism and fascism, and also saw two world wars, new ways of working in industry with techniques of mass production, years of economic prosperity and depression, and the possibility of escape from the harshness of reality through the new medium of cinema. This first volume takes the story of the century up to the struggles for independence of colonial peoples. The author trained as an historian at the universities of Oxford and Pennsylvania, and has worked as a journalist for newspapers and television. His other books include "In Our Time", a history of the United States in the 1960s, and "The Colonel", a biography of Roosevelt's Secretary of War, Henry Stimson.

Volume

v. 2 ISBN 9780563370253

Description

In previous centuries history was made by aristocracies and elites, but the masses are now much more influential than in the past, due to developments in education, communication and means of production. This is the second of two volumes of a work based on a 26-part BBC1 series which tells the story of the 20th century by concentrating on the role played by ordinary people. The book continues the exploration of the century through the experiences of eyewitnesses and participants - from those who stood in the desert of New Mexico and watched the first atomic-bomb test in 1945, to those who brought down the Berlin Wall and the communist regimes of Eastern Europe in the late-1980s. These and many other major movements and events of the second half of the century are covered in the text, which is extensively illustrated.

Table of Contents

• Fallout - the dawn of the nuclear age
• rising sun - East Asia's bid for prosperity
• skin deep - the fight against state racism
• endangered planet - campaigning for the environment
• picture power - the growing influence of television
• living longer - campaigns for better health
• great leap - mobilizing the people of China
• new release - new opportunities for the young
• war of the flea - the impact of guerrilla wars
• God fights back - religion on the rise
• people power - the overthrow of communism
• back to the future - towards the end of the century.

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Details

• NCID: BA27729905
• ISBN:
  • 0563370246
  • 0563370254
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: v.
• Size: 31 cm
• Classification:
  • DC20 : 909.82
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : History, Modern