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The Penguin History of the Twentieth Century The History of the World, 191 to the Present

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Produktdetails

Einband

Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

31.08.2000

Verlag

Penguin Books UK

Seitenzahl

928

Maße (L/B/H)

19,9/12,6/4 cm

Gewicht

626 g

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-0-14-027631-2

Beschreibung

Rezension

A book that deserves the widest reading. (The New York Times Book Review)

Produktdetails

Einband

Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

31.08.2000

Verlag

Penguin Books UK

Seitenzahl

928

Maße (L/B/H)

19,9/12,6/4 cm

Gewicht

626 g

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-0-14-027631-2

Herstelleradresse

Libri GmbH
Europaallee 1
36244 Bad Hersfeld
DE

Email: gpsr@libri.de

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    Foreword

    Book 1: The World of 1901: Inheritances

    1. By Way of Introduction

    Our Century — The weight of the past — The different pasts of 1901 — The 'civilized' world — Culture and hegemony — 'One-half of the human species' — Ideas with a future — The scientific legacy — Movers and shakers

    2. Structures
    Human numbers — The world's wealth —Commerce — States and governments — Monarchy — Non-western government — Islamic empires — The Unites States of America — Latin America — The international order: power and great powers — Potential for change

    3. The White Man's World
    Empires and imperialism — The European empires — Idealism, interests and imagination — Settlers and natives — Imperialism and international relations: the 'Scramble for Africa' — Asian and Pacific empire — The imperial Unites States — The South African war

    4. Shapes of Things to Come
    Long-term demography — The divisions of humanity — A century of growing wealth — An industrializing world — New technology — Medical science — Communication — Mass communication — Changing mentalities — Acceleration and integration

    Book 2: The Last Years of the European Ascendancy

    5. European Exceptionalism

    Europeans — Privilege and unrest — Socialism — Mass politics and nationalism — Constitutional governments — The German empire — Dynasticism — Religion in European life — Tensions and strains — Women in Europe

    6. Europe as a System of Power
    International order — Alliances and entanglements — The dissatisfied and dangerous — The appearance of security — New alignments — Deepening divisions — Young Turks — Russia's changing stance — Agadir and after — The Balkan wars

    7. Challenges and Challengers in the Making
    Change and perceptions of change in Asia — The new Japan — The end of the Chinese empire — The European empires in the Far East — Indo-China and Indonesia — India under the Raj — India enters the twentieth century — Egypt and the other end of Ottoman Africa — Ottoman empire east of Suez — New actors in the imperial drama

    8. The Great War and the Beginning of the Twentieth-century Revolution
    The last crisis — The end of an age — The Great War — The changing world — 1917 — Revolutionary war — Triumphs of nationality — The Ottoman collapse — The end of the first German war

    Book 3: The End Of The Old World Order

    9. A Revolutionary Peace

    The basis of settlement — The League — The international economy — Economic disorder in Europe — Democracy and nationality — Revolution and counter-revolution — The new Germany — International communism — The new Russian empire — A new autocracy — A world divided

    10. Years of Illusion
    A last flourish of empire — Kemal Atatürk — Iran — New currents in Europe's politics — An authoritarian wave — New uncertainties — The optimistic years — Locarno and after — An eastern enigma — The United States

    Book 4: World Revolution

    11. An Emerging Global History

    The world depression — Asia in the era of European civil war — The sequel to the Chinese revolution — Japan — The peace settlements and Asia — Chinese communism — Japanese dynamism — Civil war in China — The turning tide in India — The United States — Latin America

    12. The Path to World War
    The approach to the abyss — T