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title: Modern History
description: Modern History covers global developments from the late 18th century to the present day. Learners will analyze the impacts of industrialization, world wars, the Cold War, decolonization, and globalization on contemporary political and social structures.
category: humanities
subcategory: history
difficulty: beginner, intermediate, advanced
url: /subject/modern-history
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# Modern History

Modern History covers global developments from the late 18th century to the present day. Learners will analyze the impacts of industrialization, world wars, the Cold War, decolonization, and globalization on contemporary political and social structures.

## Available Resources

1 Videos • 1 Books • 1 Courses • 2 Websites

## Websites

### 1. The Map as History

Subscription library of roughly 25 animated map series covering prehistory to the twentieth century, with commentary and narration. Useful for seeing how borders, empires, migrations, and wartime fronts shifted over time rather than reading static maps.

**Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Paid

**Link:** https://www.the-map-as-history.com/

**Tags:** historical-maps, cartography, animated-maps, world-history, teaching-resources

### 2. Alpha History

Free ad-supported textbook site written by qualified history teachers and academics, covering twelve topics including the French and Russian Revolutions, Nazi Germany, and the Cold War. Each unit combines topic summaries, primary documents, timelines, biographies, and quizzes.

**Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://alphahistory.com/

**Tags:** modern-history, cold-war, revolutions, primary-sources, study-guides

## Videos

### 1. Crash Course World History #38: The Cold War

Animated episode of Crash Course World History in which John Green sketches the postwar rivalry between the United States and Soviet Union, its proxy conflicts, and decolonisation. Gives a quick chronological frame before deeper Cold War reading.

**Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9HjvHZfCUI

**Tags:** cold-war, 20th-century, us-soviet-relations, world-history, survey

## Courses

### 1. Einstein, Oppenheimer, Feynman: Physics in the 20th Century (MIT STS.042J)

**Author:** David Kaiser

History of modern physics and physicists, from relativity and quantum mechanics to high-energy physics and cosmology, set in Imperial Britain, Nazi Germany, wartime America and the Cold War. 26 lecture videos, slides, readings and podcasts show how politics and institutions shaped science.

**Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/sts-042-einstein-oppenheimer-feynman-physics-in-the-20th-century-fall-2020/

**Tags:** history-of-physics, quantum-mechanics-history, manhattan-project, cold-war-science, science-and-society

## Books

### 1. Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945

**Author:** Tony Judt

Judt's single-volume history of Europe from 1945 to 2005, treating western and eastern halves together across reconstruction, the Cold War, 1968, welfare states, 1989, and integration. Establishes how postwar Europe's politics and memory were built.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid

**Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/0434007498?tag=edmonddante07-20

**Tags:** books, humanities-social-sciences, history

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