Age of Hope (1900)About the Series | Episodes | Timeline | Your Stories | Thematic Overview | Teacher's Guide
Optimism reigns as the new century beginsKilling Fields (1916)
Marching to glory, soldiers face death on an industrial scale in a ghastly global warRed Flag (1917)
Communism brings hope-and horrors-to Russia's millionsLost Peace (1919)
The hope for a new world orderOn the Line (1926)
Mass production forever alters the lives of workers and consumersGreat Escape (1927)
The world forgets its troubles and falls in love with the moviesBreadline (1929)
Economic depression triggers unemployment on a global scaleSporting Fever (1930)
Fans root for the home team in a sports craze that pushes nationalism to new levelsMaster Race (1933)
Nazism overtakes German societyTotal War (1939)
Civilians become targets-contributing to the war effort with their labor and their livesFallout (1945)
Nuclear energy is unleashedBrave New World (1945)
A "cold" war embroils the US and the Soviet Union in a contest of ideologiesFreedom Now (1947)
Colonial rule is overthrown in Asia and AfricaBoomtime (1948)
Post-war prosperity transforms lifestyles and cultural values in the United States and abroadAsia Rising (1951)
From the ashes of war, Japan and Korea rise to economic prominenceLiving Longer (1952)
Medical advances further the fight against diseaseEndangered Planet (1959)
Runaway growth brings prosperity at a priceSkin Deep (1960)
Racial oppression is challenged in the United States and South AfricaPicture Power (1963)
Television unexpectedly transforms society, culture, and politicsGreat Leap (1965)
China yields to Chairman MaoYoung Blood (1968)
A new generation challenges the EstablishmentHalf the People (1969)
At home and at work, women fight for equal rightsGuerrilla Wars (1973)
Revolution succeeds through guerrilla warfareGod Fights Back (1979)
Religious fundamentalism flourishes in the East and WestPeople Power (1991)
Communist rule crumbles in the Soviet UnionFast Forward (1999)
New technologies connect the world-while age-old rivalries threaten the New World Order
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