Defining Moments in History
Over a Century of the People, Discoveries, Disasters and Political and Cultural Events that Rocked the World
Published on 1. September 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
800 pages
978-1-84403-591-5 (ISBN)
Description
Countries have been born, and states have ceased to be, alliances formed and broken, political movements have had their genesis, people have been empowered and subdued. The break-up of the Soviet Union and the formation of the countries thereafter, the creation of the EU, the end of Apartheid, equal rights, women's right to vote, the Kyoto agreement, war, and many other changes - great and small - have all had successes, failures, implications and consequences, but are united by the fact that they have all played a part in shaping the world as we see it today, our attitudes and our actions. Some well-known since the classroom, others a new discovery or insight, "The Little Black Book: History" charts the most significant historical, social, political and cultural moments of the last one hundred years and places each event, person, movement and idea in context to provide a comprehensive understanding of a century of world history.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Octopus Publishing Group
Dimensions
Height: 179 mm
Width: 201 mm
Thickness: 48 mm
Weight
1710 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84403-591-5 (9781844035915)
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Persons
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.
Content
A century of the greatest people, events, movements and ideas that rocked the historical world, including: The death of Nietzsche, the idea of Quantum Mechanics, the death of Queen Victoria, the discovery of oil in Texas, the spanning of radio waves across the Atlantic, Cuba's independence, the New York Chamber of Commerce and Stock Exchange opens, the formation of the Bolsheviks and Mensheviks, the Wright brothers' first flight, the invention of the tea bag, Coca Cola replaces cocaine with caffeine, theft of the Mona Lisa, the sinking of the Titanic, the opening of the Panama Canal, World War I, Treaty of Versailles, Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, Penicillin, Wall Street Crash, discovery of Pluto, the Biro pen, Orson Welles' War of the Worlds panic, World War II, Dead Sea Scrolls, discovery of DNA, the Lord of the Rings, Mau Mau rebellion, Sputnik, Castro, Chinese Great Leap Forward, Cuban Missile Crisis, Martin Luther King, man on the moon, Concorde, test tube baby, Sony Walkman, Mugabe, AIDS identified, Falklands War, The Simpsons, fall of Berlin Wall, Hubble telescope, the Taliban, Rwanda genocide, Mandela's freedom, Clinton-Lewinsky scandal, Good Friday agreement, Bush election, 9/11, war on Afghanistan, Iraq war and protests, 7/11 bombings in London, death of Saddam Hussein, Pluto's demotion and many more...