To read The World is to take an epic journey through 20th century history. A breathtakingly vivid guide to our greatest cosmopolitan cities and cultures, it is a magisterial work that assembles fifty years of Jan Morri's finest travel writing provides eyewitness accounts of such seminal moments as the first successful ascent of Everest, the fall of the Berlin Wall and the handover of Hong Kong.
Title: The World: Travels 1950-2000
ISBN Number: 0393052087
ISBN-13: 9780393052084
Location Published: Norton: 2003
Binding: Hardcover with dust jacket
Book Condition: Good
Jacket Condition: Good
Size: 458 pages
Categories: Historical Studies, Literature
Seller ID: 0393052087
Keywords: history world history
