Comic Century: An Unreliable History of the 20th Century

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Item Code: IDE536
Publisher: Penguin Books India Pvt. Ltd.
Author: Gautam Bhatia
Language: English
Edition: 2004
ISBN: 0143031406
Pages: 331 (Illustrated in B & W Figures)
Cover: Paperback
Other Details 7.8" X 5.1"
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Book Description
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In this slightly askew history of the twentieth century, Gautam Bhatia revisits the past to give us his own version of what really happened when the Wright brothers embarked on their first test run, Hitler won the Nuremberg rally, Gandhi gatecrashed the Round Table Conference and other such equally momentous events. With his characteristic panache and impudent wit, Bhatia sprays the whole cast and events its humour, denuding them of their halos. Complementing these comic retellings are Vishwajyoti Ghosh's brilliant illustrations which pull images and product out of known contexts to create a parallel story of irreverence and subversion. Shedding new light on the making of the automobile, the Indian independence movement, Marilyn Monroe and heart transplants, Comic Century is one history book that will not gather dust on the bookshelves.

CONTENTS

Apologyxiii
Introductionxv
THE WAR DECADES
Queen Victoria3
Model T-Ford4
Frank Lloyd Wright6
Queen Victoria's Death8
Women's Suffrage Movement8
Sex Discrimination Act10
Germany11
First World War12
German Advance12
The Bomb14
The War15
Monoplane16
The Wright Brothers18
Charles Lindbergh19
Germany20
Modern Art22
Pablo Picasso24
Le Corbusier27
Karl Marx29
Csar/Czar/Tsarist Russia31
From Russia with Love32
Czar33
The Bolshevik Revolution34
Czar37
Science38
Albert Einstein40
Darwin41
Hitler42
Dr Steinberg46
The British Empire48
Hitler49
Mercedes53
Hitler54
Volkswagen61
The Bauhaus62
Hitler64
Indian Independence Movement67
Eiffel Tower71
Hitler72
Hitler and Eva74
Second World War75
Dictator of the Year77
Mussolini78
Hitler80
Surrender88
Hitler89
Extrasensory Perception90
Indian Independence92
Hitler93
Gandhi95
Round Table Conference96
Civil Disobedience98
The Atlantic Charter100
The A-Bomb102
Opposition to the A-Bomb106
Hitler107
Victory108
Love and Death111
Eichmann112
THE GREAT DIVIDE
Stalinism117
Capitalism117
America/USSR121
Communism121
The Kitchen Debate126
Non-Alignment127
Nehru130
Indian Women's Rights134
Conquest of Mt Everest136
Jack and the Chicken Leg137
McDonald's139
The Drive-in140
The Skyscraper142
The Lift143
Prefabrication144
Mini Car145
Gas Guzzler145
Jet Age147
Chocolate148
Polio Vaccine149
Adam and Eve150
Tribal Sex152
Antarctic Sex153
African Sex154
Nordic Sex155
French Kiss157
The Profumo Affair157
Kennedy160
Assassination161
Marilyn Monroe163
Gary Powers164
Hot Line166
NATO and the Warsaw Pact168
The Berlin Wall168
Hungry170
Cuba171
Cuban Missile Crisis173
Peace Corps174
Space Race174
Yuri Gagarin176
John Glenn177
Little Red Riding Hood178
Abstract Art180
Pop Art182
Less is More184
Le Corbuiser187
Beatles188
Walt Disney189
Light Bulb190
Remington Calculator191
White Racism192
Immigration193
Commonwealth Immigration Act193
Virginity Tests194
Racism195
Booker T. Washington 198
Desegregation199
The Mayflower200
Ku Klux Klan203
Freedom Riders204
Martin Luther King205
Heart Transplant206
Medical Surgery208
The Titanic209
Aandes Plane Crash211
Jumbo Jet212
Concorde214
Vietnam215
Khrushchev216
Brezhnev217
de Gaulle219
Vietnam221
Watergate225
Nixon227
Pornography228
American Sexual Revolution229
Nixon230
Chinese Cultural Revolution231
Nixon233
Yellow Journalism235
Nixon in China236
Return of the Boat People238
Nixon239
The Moon Landing241
Test-tube Baby245
The Moon Landing246
Masters and Johnson247
Sex Education249
Nudism251
The Acid Trip252
The Spiritual Trip252
Asceticism255
Mysticism256
END OF THE COLD WAR
Salt Talks261
End of the Cold War262
The Dismantled Berlin Wall264
Chinese Capitalism265
Transubstitution266
Shah of Iran268
Salman Rushdie269
Ayatollah270
Miss Iran Beauty Pageant271
Ayatollah's Death272
Clinton273
Sexual Harassment275
Clinton276
Women's Movement278
Clinton279
Abstract Art281
Jaws281
The Godfather283
Bollywood285
Woody Allen287
Psychiatry289
Jung291
THE LIBERAL DECADES
Pied Piper of Silicon Valley297
Philosopher299
Postmodern Architecture301
New Age Home302
The Computer Age303
E-mail304
E-sex305
Homosexuality306
Lesbianism307
AIDS307
The Great Debate309

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