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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