Age of Hope | Killing Fields | Red Flag | Lost Peace | On the Line
Great Escape | Breadline | Sporting Fever | Master Race
Total War | Brave New World | Freedom Now | Boomtime
Fallout | Asia Rising | Living Longer | Endangered Planet
Skin Deep | Picture Power | Great Leap | Young Blood
Half the People | Guerilla Wars | God Fights Back | People Power | Fast Forward

Age of Hope (1900)
1900-1914
traditions and changes at the turn of the century
• Economics
• Human rights and endurance
• Ideology of mass movements
• Migration
• Politics
• Social change
• Technology
• Values

Killing Fields (1914)   
1914-1918
World War I
• Geography
• Military conflict
• Nationalism
• Technology
• Values

Red Flag (1917)   
1917-1940
birth of communism in Russia
• Human rights and endurance
• Ideology of mass movements
• Nationalism
• Politics
• Propaganda
• Values

Lost Peace (1919)   
1919-1935
antiwar efforts
• Geography
• Human rights and endurance
• Ideology of mass movements
• Nationalism
• Politics
• Role of government

On the Line (1924)   
1908-1945
mass production
• Economics
• Human rights and endurance
• Migration
• Social change
• Technology

Great Escape (1927)   
1895-1964
mass entertainment: the movies
• Economics
• Media
• Propaganda
• Values

Breadline (1929)   
1929-1939
the Great Depression
• Economics
• Ideology of mass movements
• Role of government
• Social change

Sporting Fever (1930)   
1900-1939
growth of spectator sports
• Ideology of mass movements
• Nationalism
• Politics
• Propaganda
• Role of government
• Values

Master Race (1933)   
1926-1945
Nazi Germanys
• Human rights and endurance
• Ideology of mass movements
• Military conflict
• Nationalism
• Politics
• Prejudice
• Propaganda
• Role of government

Total War (1939)   
1939-1945
World War II
• Geography
• Human rights and endurance
• Military conflict
• Technology

Brave New World (1945)   
1945-1961
the Cold War
• Geography
• Nationalism
• Politics
• Propaganda
• Values

Freedom Now (1947)   
1947-1990
end of colonialism
• Economics
• Geography
• Human rights and endurance
• Ideology of mass movements
• Military conflict
• Politics
• Role of government
• Values

Boomtime (1948)   
1945-1973
postwar economies
• Economics
• Migration
• Social change

Fallout (1945)   
1945-1995
the atmoic bomb and nuclear energy
• Human rights and endurance
• Military conflict
• Role of government

Asia Rising (1951)   
1951-1988
Japan's and Korea's rise to economic prominence
• Economics
• Environment
• Ideology of mass movements
• Role of government
• Social change
• Technology

Living Longer (1952)   
1944-1996
campaigns and medicine fighting widespread disease
• Geography
• Ideology of mass movements
• Role of government
• Values

Endangered Planet (1959)   
1959-1990
enviromental costs of economic progress
• Economics
• Environment
• Human rights and endurance
• Ideology of mass movements
• Politics
• Social change

Skin Deep (1960)   
1945-1994
racism in South Africa and in the United States
• Human rights and endurance
• Ideology of mass movements
• Prejudice
• Role of government

Picture Power (1963)   
1939-1997
television's evolution and influence
• Media
• Propaganda
• Role of government
• Social change
• Values

Great Leap (1959)   
1934-1976
China under chairman Mao
• Economics
• Human rights and endurance
• Ideology of mass movements
• Propaganda
• Role of government
• Social change

Young Blood (1968)   
1950-1975
unprecedented youth rebellion
• Human rights and endurance
• Role of government
• Technology

Half the People (1970)   
1917-1996
women's fight for equality
• Economics
• Human rights and endurance
• Ideology of mass movements
• Media
• Social change

Guerilla Wars (1973)   
1956-1989
guerilla wars in Cuba, Vietnam, and Afghanistan
• Geography
• Human rights and endurance
• Ideology of mass movements
• Military conflict

God Fights Back (1979)   
1978-1992
religious fundamentalism in Iran and in the United States
• Human rights and endurance
• Ideology of mass movements
• Politics
• Values

People Power (1991)   
1971-1991
collpase of communism in Eastern Europe
• Environment
• Human rights and endurance
• Nationalism
• Technology

Fast Forward (1997)   
1980-1997
division of communities and globalization of markets
• Economics
• Human rights and endurance
• Ideology of mass movements
• Prejudice
• Role of government
• Technology

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