Over 270 photographs. These remarkable photographs tell the story of the of the second half of the twentieth century in the most remarkable collection assembled in a book since The Family of Man. Turbulent, yet touching, they tell 255 individual stories, each image possessing that formidable authenticity so easily over-looked by the current obsessions with the art director or manipulated images. Selected from literally thousands of photographs, this book covers areas as diverse as Western and Eastern Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia, and subjects as broad-ranging as work, religion, children, and human relationships.