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6 maj 2024 · Modernism, in the fine arts, late 19th to mid-20th century, a break with the past and the concurrent search for new forms of expression. It fostered a period of experimentation in literature, music, dance, visual art, and architecture. Learn more about the history of Modernism and its various manifestations.
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För 1 dag sedan · The Rise and Fall of the British Nation: a Twentieth Century History David Edgerton London, Allen Lane, 2018, ISBN: 9781846147753; 720pp.; Price: £30.00
för 2 dagar sedan · In the 20th century, World War I led to a remaking of the map of Europe as the large Empires were broken up into nation-states. Lingering political issues would lead to World War II, during which Nazi Germany perpetrated The Holocaust.
för 3 dagar sedan · The early 20th century was marked by two World Wars and numerous political revolutions. World War I (1914–18) and World War II (1939–45) were global conflicts that reshaped the political, social, and economic landscape of the world.
11 maj 2024 · In contrast to the `gentler story' of constitutional developments in Britain or the United States, Spain's long troubled century has seen two monarchies, one republic, two dictatorships and one of the bloodiest civil wars in Europe's recent history.
för 6 dagar sedan · The History of the Twentieth Century A podcast on the events that shaped our modern world.
för 3 dagar sedan · What is called the first Industrial Revolution lasted from the mid-18th century to about 1830 and was mostly confined to Britain. The second Industrial Revolution lasted from the mid-19th century until the early 20th century and took place in Britain, continental Europe, North America, and Japan.