検索キーワード： 20世紀

Though David Hume (1711-1776) is now best known for his role as a prominent philosopher of the Enlightenment rather than an historian, it was his momentous six-volume The History of England that really brought him national attention during his lifetime. It came out in instalments between 1754...

Over one hundred years ago, the mightiest “unsinkable” ship began her maiden voyage to cross the Atlantic. An engineering feat eleven stories high, the Titanic contained a list of passengers collectively worth $250 million when she left port on April 10, 1912, but she would never reach her...

三千年にわたる民族の離散と再生、そして現在も続く中東紛争の起源を、古代オリエントの砂漠から現代の地政学まで圧倒的なスケールで解き明かす歴史体験です。毎日の通勤時間や知的好奇心を燃やす学習の時間に、複...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Paris After the Liberation by Antony Beevor, read by Sean Barrett. Antony Beevor's Paris After Liberation: 1944-1949 is a remarkable historical account of the chaos and uncertainty that followed the liberation of Paris in August, 1944 Post-liberation...

On September 23, 1939, Wladyslaw Szpilman played Chopin's Nocturne in C-sharp minor live on the radio as shells exploded outside - so loudly that he couldn't hear his piano. It was the last live music broadcast from Warsaw: that day, a German bomb hit the station, and Polish Radio went off the air. Though he lost his entire family, Szpilman survived in hiding. In the end, his life was saved by a German officer who heard him play the same Chopin Nocturne on a piano found among the rubble. 

Once described by Mao Zedong as a "needle inside a ball of cotton", Deng was the pragmatic yet disciplined driving force behind China's radical transformation in the late 20th century. He confronted the damage wrought by the Cultural Revolution, dissolved Mao's cult of personality, and loosened the policies that had stunted China's growth. Obsessed with modernization, Deng opened trade relations with the West, which lifted hundreds of millions out of poverty. Yet he also answered to his authoritarian roots, most notably when he ordered the crackdown in 1989 at Tiananmen Square.

SpeechWorks presents this collection of the greatest speeches of great women. Represented here are some of the most famous women of recent history, including athletes, politicians, businesswomen, diplomats, heads of state, activists, philanthropists, and more. You will hear the actual voices of these women, recorded at public functions at which they were the featured speakers.

極東の小国がいかにして巨大な帝国を打ち破り、20世紀の世界秩序にパラダイムシフトを引き起こしたのか、その全貌を解き明かす歴史ドキュメンタリー。毎日の通勤時間やちょっとしたスキマ時間に、知的好奇心を強烈...

基礎科学の無垢な発見がいかにして大量破壊兵器という後戻りできない歴史の分岐点へと世界を突き動かしたのか、極限状態での人間の意思決定と倫理のせめぎ合いを鮮明に描き出す歴史ドキュメント。通勤の雑踏の中で...

Brought to you by Penguin. The dramatic untold story of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster, based on original reporting and new archival research. Early in the morning of April 26, 1986, Reactor Number Four of the Chernobyl Atomic Energy Station exploded, triggering history’s worst...

当高层权力斗争的狂热席卷全国，时代洪流中的普通人如何在长达十年的社会重组与群众运动中艰难求生？这段跨越一九六六至一九七六的历史绝非偶然，而是多重政治矛盾叠加后爆发的系统性震荡。对于渴望在通勤或碎片时...

自由と平等という崇高な理想と、差別や戦争という過酷な現実の狭間で引き裂かれた20世紀アメリカ史の真髄を、名もなき市民の視点から紐解く没入型歴史ドキュメンタリー。大統領の決断や国際政治の裏側で、工場労働...

Philosophy for busy people who are always on the go but have always wanted to read up on certain figures in history that have shaped the way we think and live. Listen to this succinct account of the philosophy of Heidegger in just one hour. One of the two major philosophical traditions of the...

ひとつのルーツを持つ朝鮮半島がいかにして二つの対極的な世界へと引き裂かれたのか、その地政学的な運命とアジア史の深層を紐解く歴史ノンフィクションです。静かで思索的な世界観は、毎日の通勤時間や夜の落ち着...

イデオロギーの熱狂が穏やかな日常を飲み込み、国家の破壊と再編をもたらした現代中国最大の転換点、文化大革命の軌跡をわずか二時間で鮮やかに解き明かす歴史ノンフィクション。指導層の冷酷な権力闘争の裏側で、...

芳醇なビールが注がれる賑やかなビアホールはいかにして、ドイツ史を揺るがす過激な政治運動とナチズムの温床へと変貌したのか。日常の歓談の場が狂気と分断の舞台へと変わる、知的好奇心を深く刺激する歴史の旅が...

第一次世界大戦の絶え間ない砲火よりも圧倒的に多くの命を奪ったパンデミックの全貌を通して、歴史と公衆衛生の交差点から知られざる近代史の教訓を鮮やかに浮き彫りにします。毎日の通勤時間で完結するこの濃密な...

分断された社会が暴力へと転じる恐怖と、民主主義と独裁の激しい衝突を描き出すスペイン内戦の歴史ドラマが、あなたの知的好奇心を強く刺激します。単なる過去の出来事ではなく、現代を生きる私たちが直面する危う...

国家崩壊の危機と新たなイデオロギーが激突するアジア近代史の巨大な転換点を、重厚かつドラマチックに描き出す歴史ノンフィクションの傑作です。静かな夜のリラックスタイムや、毎日の単調な通勤時間を、激動の二...

理想と現実の激しい衝突を通じて、共産主義という歴史的イデオロギーがいかに世界を熱狂させ、そして悲劇的な崩壊へ向かったのかを解き明かす壮大な知の旅。19世紀の産業化が生んだ格差への怒りが、いかにして20世...