The 20th century took us from horse drawn transport to a man on the moon, and from the first telephone to the information superhighway``` in a single lifetime.
The Eventful Century chronicles epoch-making events like the outbreak of the two World wars and the rise and fall of communism. But it also describes the every-day background - the way people lived, how they worked, what they ate and drank and how they spent their leisure time etc
Chapters include The Global Village, Breakthroughs in Medicine, the Changing face of Battle and more.