This essential, authoritative dictionary covers the great political events and social developments that took place in all parts of the world from the beginning of the French Revolution in 1789, to the end of the Second World War in 1945.

o Covers all the major political and economic events, from the Atlantic Charter and the Great Depression to the White Terror and the Zulu Wars

o Contains information on political movements, organization and ideologies, such as Marxism, Chartism and the Labour Party

o Has extensive entries on themes and movements that cut across national boundaries, such as slavery, feminism, urbanization and the world economy

o Gives biographies of the key personalities of the times, from the presidents of the United States and the tsars of Russia to major economists, politicians and social reformers