# The Penguin History of the Twentieth Century

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- Book: [The Penguin History of the Twentieth Century](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-morris-roberts/the-penguin-history-of-the-twentieth-century) ([The Penguin History of the Twentieth Century.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-morris-roberts/the-penguin-history-of-the-twentieth-century.md))
- Authors: [John Morris Roberts](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-morris-roberts)
- Publisher: Penguin
- ISBN: 978-01-4027-631-2
- Pages: 928
- Published: 2004-04-29
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## 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.