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ISBN 10: 0547218508
ISBN 13: 978-0547218502
Author: Carter Vaughn Findley, John Alexander Rothney
Equipping readers with a solid understanding of “the big picture,” the new Seventh Edition of Findley and Rothney’s best-selling TWENTIETH-CENTURY WORLD thoroughly covers recent world history by focusing on themes of global interrelatedness, identity and difference, the rise of mass society, and technology versus nature. This unique thematic approach helps readers effectively place historical events in a larger context. Extensively revised and updated, the Seventh Edition integrates the latest, dramatic phases in world history, including more in-depth coverage of the economic growth of India and China, recent developments of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the global financial crash, the war on terror, new international environmental initiatives, and more.
Twentieth Century World 7th Table of contents:
Part 1: Introduction
Chapter 1: The Twentieth Century in World History
FOUR THEMES
GLOBAL INTERRELATEDNESS
IDENTITY AND DIFFERENCE
RISE OF THE MASS SOCIETY
DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITIONS
GLOBALIZATION OF THE MASS SOCIETY
TECHNOLOGY VERSUS NATURE
CONCLUSION: VALUES FOR SURVIVAL
NOTE
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING
Chapter 2: Origins of the New Century
A “SHORT” TWENTIETH CENTURY?
PROGRESS AND OPTIMISM, 1871–1914
SOCIAL DARWINISM AND RACIST NATIONALISM
THE “SECOND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION” AND THE RISE OF THE MASS SOCIETY
THE CHALLENGE OF DEMOCRACY
THE OUTBURST OF IMPERIALISM
TWO POLES OF EXPERIENCE IN THE EUROPEAN -DOMINATED WORLD SYSTEM
IMPERIAL BERLIN: EUROPEAN METROPOLIS AND CRUCIBLE OF CHANGE
DINSHAWAI, EGYPTIAN VILLAGE: RUSTIC ROUTINE AND THE CHALLENGE OF COLONIALISM
CONCLUSION: BERLIN AND DINSHAWAI
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING
Part 2: Crisis in the European-Dominated World Order
Chapter 3: World War I: The Turning Point of European Ascendancy
CAUSES OF WORLD WAR I
BATTLEFRONTS, 1914–1918
HOME FRONTS, 1914–1918
PEACEMAKING, 1919 AND AFTER
CONCLUSION
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING
Chapter 4: Restructuring the Social and Political Order: The Bolshevik Revolution in World Perspecti
THE END OF TSARIST RUSSIA
LENIN’S RUSSIA, 1917–1924
STALIN’S SOVIET UNION, 1924–1939
CONTRASTS IN REVOLUTION AND MASS MOBILIZATION
CONCLUSION: REVOLUTIONS COMPARED
NOTES
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING
Chapter 5: Global Economic Crisis and the Restructuring of the Social and Political Order
THE DECEPTIVE “NORMALCY” OF THE 1920S
FROM WALL STREET CRASH TO WORLD DEPRESSION
ORIGINS OF THE CRISIS
THE DEPRESSION IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD
BRITAIN, FRANCE, AND THE DILEMMA OF DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM
THE NEW DEAL IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
CONCLUSION: THE GLOBAL TREND TOWARD THE GUARANTOR STATE
NOTES
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING
Chapter 6: Restructuring the Social and Political Order: Fascism
THE VARIETIES OF AUTHORITARIANISM AFTER 1918
THE ORIGINAL FASCISM: THE ITALIAN MODEL
FROM WEIMAR REPUBLIC TO THIRD REICH
THE ROAD TO WAR
FASCISM AROUND THE WORLD
CONCLUSION: THE PERMANENT TEMPTATION OF FASCISM
NOTES
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING
Part 3: Latin America, Africa, and Asia: The Struggle Against Colonialism
Chapter 7: Latin America’s Struggle for Development
CONTINENTAL OVERVIEW: THE ILLUSION OF INDEPENDENCE
THE AMAZING ARGENTINE
BRAZIL FROM EMPIRE TO NEW STATE
MEXICO AND ITS REVOLUTIONARY LEGACY
CONCLUSION: CHARISMATIC LEADERS AND THEIR POLICIES COMPARED
NOTE
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING
Chapter 8: Sub-Saharan Africa Under European Sway
CONTINENTAL OVERVIEW: AFRICAN DIVERSITY, EUROPEAN DOMINATION
INTEGRATION INTO THE EUROPE-CENTERED GLOBAL PATTERN
NIGERIA UNDER THE BRITISH
SOUTH AFRICA: A HISTORY OF TWO STRUGGLES
CONCLUSION: AFRICA AND IMPERIALISM
NOTES
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING
Chapter 9: Asian Struggles for Independence and Development
ASIAN CENTERS OF CIVILIZATION
INDIA UNDER THE BRITISH
THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA IN THE ERA OF EUROPEAN EXPANSIONISM
CHINA AND JAPAN: CONTRASTS IN DEVELOPMENT
CONCLUSION: CHINA, INDIA, TURKEY, AND JAPAN COMPARED
NOTES
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING
Part 4: World War II and the Age of Superpower Rivalry
Chapter 10: World War II: The Final Crisis of European Global Dominance
FROM PHONY WAR TO OPERATION BARBAROSSA,1939–1941
THE JAPANESE BID FOR EMPIRE AND THE U.S.REACTION, 1941–1942
THE TURNING POINTS, 1942
THE HOME FRONTS
THE REVOLUTIONARY IMPACT OF WORLD WAR I I
CONCLUSION: THE HIGH POINT OF U.S. POWER
NOTES
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING
Chapter 11: The Superpowers, Europe, and the Cold War, 1945–1970
POSTWAR CONTRASTS, 1945–1950
BOOM TIMES OF THE 1950S AND 1960S
’68 IN WORLD HISTORY
WHY THE COLD WAR?
CONCLUSION
NOTES
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING
Chapter 12: The Superpowers, Europe, and the Cold War, 1970–1990
CRISES OF THE 1970S
CONSERVATIVE RESURGENCE AND COMMUNIST COLLAPSE: THE 1980S
CONCLUSION
NOTES
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING
Part 5: Independence for the Developing Countries
Chapter 13: Latin America: Neocolonial Authoritarianism or Democracy and Development?
CONTINENTAL OVERVIEW
ARGENTINA: THE PERILS OF AUTHORITARIANISM, WITH CHARISMA AND WITHOUT
BRAZIL: POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC VACILLATIONS
MEXICO: DRIFTING AWAY FROM THE REVOLUTIONARY LEGACY
CUBA: SOCIAL REVOLUTION WITHOUT AN END TO DEPENDENCY
CONCLUSION: DEVELOPMENT OR DISAPPOINTMENT?
NOTES
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING
Chapter 14: Sub-Saharan Africa: Decay or Development?
CONTINENTAL OVERVIEW: THE UNDERDEVELOPED WORLD PAR EXCELLENCE
NIGERIA: INDEPENDENCE PLUS OIL DEPENDENCY
SOUTH AFRICA: INEQUALITY, EXPLOITATION, ISOLATION
CONCLUSION: MOVING BEYOND CHANGE WITHOUT DEVELOPMENT?
NOTES
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING
Chapter 15: The Middle East and North Africa Since World War II
REGIONAL OVERVIEW: THE SEARCH FOR INDEPENDENCE AND INTEGRATION
TURKEY: DEMOCRATIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT
IRAN IN REVOLUT ION: TURBAN AGAINST CROWN AND NECKTIE
EGYPT: THE STRUGGLE TO ESCAPE POVERTY
ISRAEL: THE SEARCH FOR SECURITY
CONCLUSION
NOTES
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING
Chapter 16: Asian Resurgence
SOUTH AND EAST ASIA: FROM DECOLONIZATION TO REASSERTION
INDIA: DEVELOPMENT AMID UNDERDEVELOPMENT
CHINA UNDER THE COMMUNISTS
JAPAN: RE-EMERGENCE AND PRE-EMINENCE
THE HIGH-PERFORMANCE ASIAN ECONOMIES
CONCLUSION: THE FORK IN ASIA’S DEVELOPMENTAL ROAD
NOTES
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING
Chapter 17: The World Since 1990
THE COLLAPSE OF SOCIALISM IN EASTERN EUROPE
THE UNITED STATES
EUROPE: UNITY AND DIVERSITY
SOUTH AND EAST ASIA
THE ISLAMIC WORLD
LATIN AMERICA
AFRICA
CONCLUSION
NOTES
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING
Chapter 18: Twenty-First Century Prospect
GLOBALIZATION
IDENTITY POLITICS
THE FUTURE OF THE MASS SOCIETY
NATURE, TECHNOLOGY, AND GLOBALIZATION
LOOKING AHEAD
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