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Day by day : the nineties / Smita Avasthi.
Van Pelt Library D856 .A93 2004 v.1-2
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Avasthi, Smita, 1969-
- Series:
- Facts on File library of world history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nineteen nineties.
- World politics--1989-.
- World politics.
- Civilization, Modern--1950-.
- Civilization, Modern.
- Physical Description:
- 2 volumes (xviii, 1513 pages) : illustrations ; 29 cm.
- Other Title:
- Nineties
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Facts On File, [2004]
- Summary:
- The Persian Gulf War and the end of the cold war; the invention of the World Wide Web and the introduction of the Euro currency; the launching of the Hubble space telescope and Dolly, the cloned sheep; the repeal of apartheid in South Africa and nuclear weapons tests in India and Pakistan; ethnic violence in the Balkans and genocide in Rwanda—these and other momentous events defined the last decade of the 20th century. "Day by Day: The Nineties brings the past decade to life
- Contents:
- v. 1. 1990-1994
- v. 2. 1995-1999.
- Notes:
- Includes indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0816048959
- OCLC:
- 52623290
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