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This splendid, lavishly illustrated volume chronicles every aspect of the most astonishing and dramatic age in human history. Sweeping through a hundred years of exhilarating triumph and shattering tragedy alike, it's panoramic account of a world in ceaseless motion and ever faster transformation. Here are authoritative essays by prominent historians on the momentous milestones that have shaped the modern experience; vivid portraits of the men and women--some heroes, others villains--who have made their mark on our century; feature articles on important scientific, cultural, and geographic developments documented by NATINAL GEOGRAPHIC over the century; delightful trivia on the fads, fashions, and personalities that have given each decade its special character. Boasting 600 superb photograph and illustration, along with a wide-ranging, wonderfully readable text, this is a book in the best tradition of NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC: informative, entertaining, kaleidoscopic, and utterly compelling.
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