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Decade
ISBN/EAN: 9780714857688
Umbreit-Nr.: 1069689
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 504 S.
Format in cm: 5.3 x 25.7 x 25.9
Einband:
gebundenes Buch
Erschienen am 16.10.2010
- Zusatztext
- Decade provides an extraordinary insight into our recent history - dramatic, nostalgic, intimate and educational by turns. Arranged in chronological order, 500 beautiful, engaging and often startling photographic images depict the people and events, both famous and unknown, that have shaped our history since 2000. Accompanied and contextualized by extended historical captions and 15 essays exploring the events, trends and social phenomena that have characterized the decade, these images tell the story of the last 10 remarkable years.
- Kurztext
- An extraordinary photographic history of the first decade of the twenty-first century, charting 500 political, cultural, sporting and newsworthy moments that shaped the last 10 years The sequel of Phaidon's New York Times best-selling "Century: One Hundred Years of Human Progress, Suffering, Regression and Hope"
- Autorenportrait
- Eamonn McCabe was named Sports Photographer of the Year four times between 1978 and 1984, before moving to the Guardian as picture editor in 1988. Director of picture coverage at the newspaper for 13 years, he went on to win Picture Editor of the Year five times. He continues to work as a professional photographer and his portraiture regularly appears in both the Observer and the Guardian. Dr Terence McNamee is Director of Publications at RUSI and editor of its flagship publication, the RUSI Journal. He holds a PhD in International Relations from the London School of Economics and was principal writer and historian of the acclaimed photographic history, Century: One Hundred Years of Human Progress, Suffering, Regression and Hope (Phaidon Press, 1999). He writes regularly on foreign affairs for journals and newspapers worldwide.