The twentieth century cannot be properly understood unless we understand communism: its origins, growth, demise and legacy. Has communism shaped the contemporary world? Each volume explains the key aspects of an idea and provides a concise history of its growth and influence on our world perspective. Short Histories of Big Ideas are brief, easy to understand introductions to the ideologies that shaped the twentieth century. Many of these changes were brought about thanks to powerful ideologies - “big ideas” that irrevocably altered the way humans viewed their world. The twentieth century was a period of seismic change on a global scale, witnessing two world wars, the rise and fall of communism, the establishment of a global economy, the beginnings of global warming and a complete reversal in the status of women in large parts of the world. So you think you know what makes the world go round? Read about the ideas that revolutionized the 20th century.
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