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This comprehensive history of the 20th century is available in an expansive eight-volume set and in a concise single-volume version. Using a unique organizing principle, an annual chronology containing entries on key events, is punctuated by an essay that contemplates these events from a global perspective. The result is a continual alternation between micro- and macroscopic views of the previous century's history.

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This fact-filled chronological account provides a year-by-year report on the scientific, technological, political, economic, social, and artistic events of the twentieth century. Through numerous black-and-white and color photographs, maps, and charts, and brief two-to three-page essays, it recounts the major incidents that influenced the 1900s, from the death of Oscar Wilde in 1900, to the effects of globalization in 1999. The lack of an index restricts its use to casual readers or persistent browsers. A compact disc with the music of the century is included.