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 three-volume 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 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. New entries include:Madeleine AlbrightKofi AnnanOsama bin Laden Tony BlairGeorge W. BushWilliam Jefferson ClintonClones and cloningCzech RepublicEast TimorEuropean UnionBill GatesGlobalizationHuman Genome ProjectIslamismStephen JobsHamid KarzaiMicrosoftNapsterNASDAQVladimir PutinAl-QaedaJ.K. RowlingSeptember 11, 2001 Tiger Woodsand many others.
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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 three-volume 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 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. New entries include:Madeleine AlbrightKofi AnnanOsama bin Laden Tony BlairGeorge W. BushWilliam Jefferson ClintonClones and cloningCzech RepublicEast TimorEuropean UnionBill GatesGlobalizationHuman Genome ProjectIslamismStephen JobsHamid KarzaiMicrosoftNapsterNASDAQVladimir PutinAl-QaedaJ.K. RowlingSeptember 11, 2001 Tiger Woodsand many others.