Defining Moments in History: Over a Century of the People, Discoveries, Disasters, and Political and Cultural Events that Rocked the World - Softcover

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9781844036394: Defining Moments in History: Over a Century of the People, Discoveries, Disasters, and Political and Cultural Events that Rocked the World

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ISBN 10: 1844036391 ISBN 13: 9781844036394

Publisher: Cassell Illustrated, 2008

Two earth-shattering World Wars; the dawn and dissolution of the Soviet Union, and the countries formed in its wake; the establishment of the EU; the end of apartheid; the push for equal rights; the Kyoto agreement: these and many other changes great and small happened in the last century and shaped the world we know today. This decade by decade review charts the most significant historical, social, political, and cultural moments of the last 100 years and places each event, person, movement, and idea in context. Brought to you by a superb selection of international historians, journalists and experts, and beautifully illustrated throughout with more than 350 archival images, it’s an invaluable reference that no home library should be without.

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About the Author:

Bianca Jackson was born in Vancouver to South African immigrants. She studied for a BA in English Literature at Reed College, Portland, Oregon and afterwards taught English in Japan. In 2001 she came to the UK to complete an MA in Sexual Dissidence and Cultural Change at the University of Sussex. After having travelled some more, she is now studying for a doctorate degree in Sexual Dissidence in Indian Anglophone Literature at Oxford. As well as immersing herself in education, she sings opera, has tested on-line poker games and been an AIDS activist and freelance editor. Jonathan Morton completed his BA in History with English Literature and Creative Writing at University of East Anglia and then an MA in Modern European History and PGCE at Christ Church, Oxford. He taught English in Prague and explored Eastern Europe and Russia. He contributed to 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die and now works as a secondary school teacher to inspire a passion for history in young people. He writes poetry and reviews and has been published in Iota, Reactions, Spiked and other magazines. London.

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