A Dictionary of Contemporary World History
A Dictionary of Contemporary World History
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This authoritative dictionary includes country entries for every country in the world, with maps and historical summaries, as well as coverage of military conflict, major world events, and key political and cultural figures. Essential reference for all with an interest in history and current affairs.
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A Dictionary of Contemporary World History by Jan Palmowski
This authoritative dictionary provides in-depth coverage of major recent historical events, from 1900 to the present day. It includes country entries for every country in the world, with maps and historical summaries. Additionally, the dictionary includes biographical entries on major political and cultural figures, political and military leaders, and the thinkers who influenced events. Subject entries cover international organizations, treaties, religious and political movements, as well as key incidents, places, and military conflict. The new edition has been fully revised and updated, and boasts a wealth of new material including entry-level web links updated via a companion website to ensure that they remain contemporary, extended coverage of historical context in the country entries, and new and expanded biographical entries on figures such as Angela Merkel and President 'Lula' of Brazil. With over 2,600 entries, all written by an authority in the field, this is a comprehensive reference work that will prove invaluable to a range of readers from students of history, politics, and international relations, to anyone with an interest in the modern world.
Extremely useful though infuriatingly hard to put downDavid Sinclair, Tribune
Palmowski, Jan: - Jan Palmowski is Professor of Modern History and European Studies and Head of the School of Arts and Humanities at King's College London. His previous publications include Liberalism and the City: The Case of Frankfurt Am Main, 1866-1914 (1999) and Citizenship and National Identity in Twentieth-Century Germany (as editor, with Geoff Eley, 2008).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780199295661 |
| ISBN 10 | 0199295662 |
| Title | A Dictionary of Contemporary World History |
| Author | Jan Palmowski |
| Series | Oxford Paperback Reference |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 2008-01-10 |
| Number of pages | 784 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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