1999, ISBN: 0670884561

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[EAN: 9780670884568], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Viking Press, Penguin Group (USA), New York], HISTORY: GENERAL: TWENTIETH CENTURY: THE HISTORY OF WORLD, 1901 TO 2000: ROBERTS, J. M.,… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780670884568], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Viking Press, Penguin Group (USA), New York], HISTORY: GENERAL: TWENTIETH CENTURY: THE HISTORY OF WORLD, 1901 TO 2000: ROBERTS, J. M., Jacket, MAGISTERIAL: BRILLIANT: AUTHORITATIVE: ENGROSING: FINE Stated First American Edition w/ no. line showing First Printing (December 1999), FINE mylar-protected jacket w/ sharp AS-NEW edges & corners BUT w/ uniformly diagonally-clipped inside-flyleaf corners (c. 0.25"), IMMACULATE smooth-cut text-block exterior, AS-NEW cover w/ sharp AS-NEW edges & corners & w/ black linen wrapping spine & extending 1.50 onto front & back panels covered in matte-silver-gray paper w/titles HANDSOMELY silver-stamped on spine, AS-NEW sewn binding w/ tight signatures & white cloth banding at spine-caps, EXCELLENT cream-white card-stock end-papers MARRED Only w/ orig. Princeton University owner's name & October 2002 elegantly inscribed at top-center inside-front, PRISTINE interior handsomely printed on EXCELLENT unblemished archival paper * 14 Line-Maps, Foreword, Appendix (The Exploration of Space), Index * 6.36" x 9.50" x 2.00", 1.46 kg, xx+906 (926) pp. * When it comes to narrative history, J.M. Roberts is an undisputed master of his craft. His acclaimed "History of the World" (OUP) has been one of the most astounding phenomena in modern-history publishing. W/ it, Roberts has made hundreds of thousands of readers around the globe deeply aware of the pleasures of history & has demonstrated that a historian can create a view of the world that is genuinely international in its scope & interests. In "Twentieth Century" Professor Roberts has given us an authoritative & engrossing survey of the tumultuous century just past. "Twentieth Century" allows us to understand the extraordinarily dynamic & extraordinarily disturbing century through which we have all lived. Brilliant both for its grand political sweep & its unprecedented grasp of massive social change, Roberts' work goes beyond simple narrative in distinguishing the major long-term changes that run beneath the flux of events to establish a true world history & not merely a story of the relations of powers & governments. As Roberts shows, the fundamental changes of the 20th century fall outside the framework that conventional international relations & its history employs. These changes include a worldwide increase in life expectancy, revolutionary strides in science & technology, & the radical configuration of the global economy. In order to give emphasis to his wide-ranging themes, Roberts opens w/ a grand survey of the century's beginnings to show the ways in which the world of 1901 did NOT foreshadow our own, & how all of our most basic assumptions from this earlier time have vanished. Chronicling the historically significant events of the last hundred years in a sweeping & always lively continuous narrative, Roberts then closes his work w/ a penetrating retrospect which assesses the position of humanity as it confronts the dawn of a new age. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: J.M. Roberts, former Warden of Merton College, Oxford, is the author of numerous works of history, including "History of the World" & "A History of Europe.", Books<

2012, ISBN: 9780670884568

Hardcover, **Simply Brit** Shipped with Premium postal service within 24 hours from the UK with impressive delivery time. We have dispatched from our book depository; items of good condit… Mehr…

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2000, ISBN: 9780670884568

Viking Adult. Hardcover. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex libra… Mehr…

Viking Adult. Hardcover. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library copy, will have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included., Viking Adult, 2.5<