Mastering Modern World History
5th Edition
Published on 15. December 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
720 pages
978-1-137-48364-5 (ISBN)
Description
The fifth edition of this bestselling book is for school and college students taking courses in Modern World History and for undergraduates in History and International Relations. It is a complete, self-contained, lively and highly readable course, suitable for individual study or classroom use. The general reader who wishes to find out how the world got into its present state will also find the book useful.
Key features of the fifth edition:
A new chapter on Latin America and its changing relationship with the USA
New sections on the Arab Spring, the 2008 financial crash and its aftermath, and the European Union in crisis
New material on the changing face of communism in China; USA: Bush to Obama; Russia under Putin and Medvedev; the continuing conflict between Palestinians and Israelis and the 'war against terrorism'
Content includes:
A survey of international relations and war from 1900 to 2012
Europe and its history - the rise and fall of fascism and communism
International affairs of the major superpowers - USA, Russia/USSR and China
International conflict -The Holocaust, 9/11 and the fall of Saddam Hussein
Decolonization and subsequent events in Africa, and the rise of political Islam
Global problems - climate change, economic crises, the population 'explosion'
Mention of disagreements and controversies among historians, as well as new interpretations and discoveries
Norman Lowe has had many years' experience of teaching History at all levels, and for 25 years was Head of History at Nelson and Colne College in Lancashire. He is the author of Mastering Modern British History and Mastering Twentieth Century Russian History.
Fully updated companion website with examples of document questions for each chapter www.palgrave.com/masterseries/Lowe
Key features of the fifth edition:
A new chapter on Latin America and its changing relationship with the USA
New sections on the Arab Spring, the 2008 financial crash and its aftermath, and the European Union in crisis
New material on the changing face of communism in China; USA: Bush to Obama; Russia under Putin and Medvedev; the continuing conflict between Palestinians and Israelis and the 'war against terrorism'
Content includes:
A survey of international relations and war from 1900 to 2012
Europe and its history - the rise and fall of fascism and communism
International affairs of the major superpowers - USA, Russia/USSR and China
International conflict -The Holocaust, 9/11 and the fall of Saddam Hussein
Decolonization and subsequent events in Africa, and the rise of political Islam
Global problems - climate change, economic crises, the population 'explosion'
Mention of disagreements and controversies among historians, as well as new interpretations and discoveries
Norman Lowe has had many years' experience of teaching History at all levels, and for 25 years was Head of History at Nelson and Colne College in Lancashire. He is the author of Mastering Modern British History and Mastering Twentieth Century Russian History.
Fully updated companion website with examples of document questions for each chapter www.palgrave.com/masterseries/Lowe
More details
Other editions
Additional editions
Norman Lowe
Mastering Modern World History
Book
05/2013
5th Edition
Red Globe Press
€34.23
Article exhausted; check for reprint
Person
Norman Lowe has had many years' experience of teaching history at all levels and for twenty years was head of history at Nelson and Colne Tertiary College in Lancashire, UK. He is the author of Mastering Modern British History and Mastering Twentieth-Century Russian History.
Content
List of Figures.- List of Maps.- List of Tables.- List of Illustrations.- Acknowledgements.- Preface to the Fifth Edition.- PART I: WAR AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS.- 1. The World in 1914: Outbreak of the First World War .- 2. The First World War and Its Aftermath .- 3. International Relations, 1919-1933.- 4. International Relations, 1933-1939.- 5. The Second World War, 1939-1945 .- 6. The Cold War: Problems of International Relations After the Second World War .- 7. The Spread of Communism Outside Europe And Its Effects On International Relations .- 8. The United Nations Organization .- 9. The Two Europes, East and West Since 1945 .- 10. Conflict in the Middle East .- 11. The New World Order and the War Against Global Terrorism .- PART II: THE RISE OF FASCISM AND GOVERNMENTS OF THE RIGHT.- 12. Italy 1918-45: The First Appearance of Fascism .- 13. Germany 1918-45: The Weimar Republic and Hitler .- 14. Japan and Spain .- PART III: COMMUNISM RISE AND DECLINE.- 15. Russia and the Revolutions, 1900-24 .- 16. The USSR and Stalin, 1924-53 .- 17. Continuing Communism, Collapse and Aftermath, 1953-2005 .- 18. China 1900-49 .- 19. China Since 1949: The Communists In Control .- 20. Communism in Korea and South East Asia .- PART IV: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.- 21. The USA Before The Second World War .- 22. The USA Since 1945 .- PART V: DE-COLONIZATION AND AFTER.- 23. The End of the European Empires .-