HSC history - The world at the beginning of the Twentieth Century:Europe - An overview

This title is a Modern History text for Preliminary Course students in New South Wales. Topics covered include the Meiji Restoration, The Boxer Rebellion, decolonisation in Indochina, the Civil Rights Movement in the USA, and the world at the beginning of the twentieth century.

This Fourth Edition offers comprehensive coverage of the Preliminary and HSC content for Modern History students. Preliminary topics covered include Bismarck, the Romanovos, the Arab–Israeli Conflict, and the World at Beginning of the Twentieth Century. HSC topics covered include the First World War, the United States of America 1919–1941, Russia and the Soviet Union 1917–1941, Germany 1918–1939, the Cold War 1945–1991, conflict in the Pacific 1937–1951, and conflict in Indochina 1954–1979.

This title provides essays on key events between 1900 to 1920. It includes conflicts, theories, inventions, disasters, and revolutions.

This textbook examines the preconditions to the industrial revolution in Britain and the roles played by individuals and groups in its transformation to economic global power. In addition to considering rapid technology changes this work also examines the social, economic and political consequences of the transformation and explores the ways in which the second industrial revolution laid the foundations of the modern world.

This BBC/PBS documentary covers the dawn of new 20th Century to the outbreak of the First World War. It examines the failed Russian Revolution of 1905, the campaign for the vote for women. Using interviews with eyewitnesses it gives an informative overview of the industrialisation of cities, the mass migration of people, and the rise of militarism and nationalism.

living conditions and everyday life in Western nations at the beginning of the twentieth century. Subjects explored include: housing, cooking, clothes, domestic service, education, transport and leisure. Themes covered include the changing role of women, urbanisation, class division, and the impact of technology.

A useful collection of period films and photographs with commentary documenting the social changes in an increasingly volatile Europe.

With commentary from David Starkey, this documentary explores the lives and environment of the British at the turn of the Century. It employs footage of the period, analysis from historians, and eyewitness interviews.