The History of the World, 1950-2000 

The second half of the twentieth century is the very recent past, and all too many accounts of it just list one event after another, rather than drawing out broader structures and developments across the globe. This talk is an attempt to develop such a structural approach to the recent past, using groups of graphs, charts and maps to consider six areas of interest: population, natural resources, the economy, society and gender, beliefs, and international relations.