Cartoon History of the Modern World Part 1

<p>The Cartoon History of the Modern World is a wickedly funny take on modern history. It is essentially a complete and up-to-date course in college level Modern World History but presented as a graphic novel. In an engaging and humorous graphic style Larry Gonick covers the history personalities and big topics that have shaped our universe over the past five centuries including the Industrial Revolution the American Revolution the Russian Revolution the evolution of political social economic and scientific thought Communism Fascism Nazism the Cold War Globalization--and much more. </p><p> Volume I of the Cartoon History of the Modern World picks up from Gonick's award winning Cartoon History of the Universe Series. That series began with the Big Bang and ended with Christopher Columbus sailing for the New World. This book starts off with peoples that Columbus discovered and ends with the U.S. Revolution.</p>