num_pages: 906
description: This dazzling overview of a turbulent century explores both dramatic events and underlying trends. Despite a terrible two-stage 'European civil war' and the traumatic rise and fall of communism, wealth has increased dramatically alongside a four-fold leap in population, women's lives have been transformed, America has assumed undisputed political and cultural leadership. The Penguin History of the Twentieth Century is powerful, international and definitive.
language: English
title: The Penguin History of the Twentieth Century
titlecomplete: The Penguin History of the Twentieth Century
genres: Nonfiction, History, Reference, World History
ratings_count: 198
publisher: Penguin Books