Encyclopedia Of The Modern World 1900 To The Present

Covering the beginnings of the 20th century up to the present day with great detail and depth, Encyclopedia of the Modern World contains more than 8,000 entries of comprehensive information unavailable in any other similar work. This highly detailed encyclopedia spans the full extent of world history since 1900, including world leaders, diplomacy, conflicts, government, explorers, inventions, music, literature, film, athletes, and more. This new edition has been completely updated by a leading scholar in world history and now contains hundreds of new entries concerning recent events and approximately 300 photographs, illustrations, and maps. To accommodate the new entries, artwork, and recent information, this new edition has been expanded into three easy-to-use volumes. New entries include: *Madeleine Albright *Kofi Annan *Osama bin Laden *Tony Blair *George W. Bush *William Jefferson Clinton *Clones and cloning *Czech Republic *East Timor *European Union *Bill Gates *Globalization *Human Genome Project *Islamism *Stephen Jobs *Hamid Karzai *Microsoft *Napster *NASDAQ *Vladimir Putin *Al-Qaeda *J.K. Rowling *September 11, 2001 *Tiger Woods *and many others.Keylor, William R. is the author of 'Encyclopedia Of The Modern World 1900 To The Present', published 2006 under ISBN 9780816048724 and ISBN 081604872X.