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The World in the Long Twentieth Century
Ever feel like the 20th century was just one endless roller coaster of chaos, progress, and contradictions? Well, Edward Ross Dickinson wants you to think bigger—way bigger. He stretches that wild ride from the 1870s all the way into the 21st century, showing us how the world’s messy, tangled story didn’t just start neatly in 1900 and end in 1999. Spoiler: it’s less tidy than your average history textbook, and way more interesting.
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