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Global Society The World Since 1900

by: Crossley, Pamela; Lees, Lynn Hollen; Servos, John W.

Global Society The World Since 1900

by: Crossley, Pamela; Lees, Lynn Hollen; Servos, John W.

ISBN 13:
9780618018505
ISBN 10:
0618018506
Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 06/04/2003
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
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This narrative text takes a global approach to the 20th century, examining all regions in a balanced fashion without over-emphasizing western Europe or the United States. The text's focus on environmental and technological innovations ensures that attention is given to all regions. Comparative chapters allow students to see interaction among various regions of the world.

Note: Each chapter contains a Conclusion
Old and New Empires, 1900–1919
The World in 1900
Nation States and Their Resources
Technology and Power
Colonialism and the British Empire
Struggles for Recognition
Imperialism Encompasses the Pacific, 1900–1914
Twilight of the Land-Based Empires
Traditional Wealth and Modern Trade
Pacific Imperialists
Abandonment of the Land-Based Empires
Great War, Little Peace, 1914–1919
The Origins of the War Military History of the Conflict, 1914–1917
Home Fronts Stalemates Broken, 1917–1918
Finding a New Equilibrium
Struggles for Supremacy, 1919–1945
Internationalism, Empire, and Autarchy, 1919–1929
Internationalism Old Empires and New Nationalisms
Raj and Swaraj: The Struggle for Indian Independence
The Quiescent Colonies Dependency and Development
Knowing and Doing: Science and Technology, 1919–1939
The Convergence of Science and Technology
High Science in a Mass Culture
Science, Technology, and Economic Development
The Economic Consequences of War and Peace, 1919–1938
Markets and Money Depression
Around the Globe National Solutions
Domestic Life in Hard Times
The Murderous Politics of the 1930s
Alternative Designs for the Future
Several Forms of Authoritarianism
The Media Send Strong Messages
Citizenship, Gender, and Ethnicity Welfare
Programs: A Response to Domestic Problems
From Regional Wars to Global Conflict, 1936–1946
The War of the Northern Hemisphere War Years
Outside the Battlefields Endgame
Rise and Fall of the Bipolar Order, 1946–1981
From the United Nations to a Bi-Polar World, 1945–1953
The World in Motion
Memories of Versailles and Planning a Postwar World
From Allies to Adversaries Asia in the Aftermath of World War II
Occupations and Nationalisms Asian Communism
The Globalization of the Cold War
Two Poles and Perpetual Crisis, 1950–1964
Crisis and Compromise in the Management of the Post-War World
The Road to Confrontation Resource
Anxieties and the Challenge of Secular Nationalism: The Middle East and North Africa
Border Crossings, 1946–1975
A New Order of Things
People on the Move International Styles
Earthly Concerns and Alternative Faiths
The Many Dialects of Rebellion, 1960–1975
Personalizing Resistance and Independence
National Independence in the Weakening Bipolar System
New Forms of International
Awareness Flexing of the American Pole
Deacute;tente to Disarray: The Breakdown of the Bipolar World, 1969–1981
The 1970s: An Overview Regional
Rivalries and the Decay of Deacute;tente
The Yom Kippur War, 1973
Oil Embargo and Economic Change
The Hollowing Out of the Soviet Empire
The Turn to the Right
Emergence of New Global Systems from 1981
Reconfigurations of Power, 1981–1991
The Collapse of Communism
Problems of One-Party Rule Economic
Restructuring Identities and the Nation-State
Global Society in the New Millennium
Closing the Circle Revitalization of the Nation-State
The Organizing of Global Finance and Trade
Management of Energy and the Environment Class
Stratification in the Global Society
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