This book fills an important gap by providing a broad survey of modern German history from 1800-2000, thus setting GermanyA’s fragmented history within its full context. Organised chronologically, the book deals with all the major watersheds in German history, including the unification, the rise and fall of the German Empire, the emergence of the Weimar Republic,

The New Cambridge Modern History has been described as "a comprehensive examination of thepolitical, economic, social, andcultural development of the world from 1493 to 1945".

As the first book-length examination of the role of German print culture in mediating Europe’s knowledge of the newly discovered people of Africa, South Asia, and the Americas, this work highlights a unique and early incident of visual accuracy and an unprecedented investment in the practice of ethnography.

The story of Germany, a key player in global diplomatic and economic affairs, is crucial to our understanding of global history and the contemporary world. Covering more than 2,000 years of history, A Brief History of Germany provides a concise account of the events, people, and special customs and traditions that have shaped Germany from ancient times to the present. This new resource provides the key background information readers need to put current global events in historical perspective.

Philip Jarrett
The Modern War Machine: Military Aviation since 1945 [Putnam's History of Aircraft]
Putnam | 2000 | ISBN: 0851778801 | 264 pages | PDF | 117 Mb

Conceived originally as a serious presentation of the development of philosophy for Catholic seminary students, Frederick Copleston's nine-volume A History Of Philosophy has journeyed far beyond the modest purpose of its author to universal acclaim as the best history of philosophy in English.

Covering the period 1879 to 1959, and taking in everything from Ibsen to Beckett, this book is volume one of a two-part comprehensive examination of the plays, dramatists, and movements that comprise modern world drama.

Fast-paced, fun and informative, Modern Marvels is The History Channel's signature series focusing on historical technology.

This book - an intellectual and political history of the ecology movement from its beginnings in the late nineteenth century to the present - provides the first thorough study of the origins and background of 'Green' politics which has in recent years carved out a significant political constituency throughout Europe and America. Anna Bramwell locates the roots of the ideas of the modern ecological movement in two distinct strands of the scientific community, the biological and economic, and then traces the intellectual contributions of biological and economic ecologists through movements in Germany and Britain during the twentieth century.

The history of the Alaska-Canadian (Alcan) Highway is recalled. The 1,522-mile roadway was built in 1942, in only 8 months, by American soldiers.

Fast-paced, fun and informative, Modern Marvels is The History Channel's signature series focusing on historical technology.