The 20th Century: A Retrospective
1st Edition
Published on 8. October 2018
448 pages
978-0-429-97652-0 (ISBN)
Description
This book is a collage of human experiences made from overlapping pieces and woven together by themes of crises, revolution, and change, aiming to raise issues that people in the twentieth-century world tried to address.
More details
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Reflowable
ISBN-13
978-0-429-97652-0 (9780429976520)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
09/2019
1st Edition
Routledge
€211.10
Shipment within 15-20 days
Choi Chatterjee | Jeffrey Gould | Phyllis Martin
The 20th Century: A Retrospective
Book
03/2002
1st Edition
Westview Press Inc
€126.48
Article exhausted; check different version
Book
03/2002
1st Edition
Westview Press Inc
€107.20
Shipment within 10-20 days
Persons
Phyllis Martin, James Riley
Content
Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The Early Century -- The Paradoxes of Modernization -- Imperialism and Colonial Rule -- Materialism and the Crisis of Capitalism -- Revolutions Before Bolshevism -- Bolshevism Reshapes Revolution -- Fascism and the Holocaust -- The Later Century -- Independence -- Peasants and Peasant Revolts -- 1968 and New Radical Visions -- Islamic Fundamentalism in Critical Perspective -- Century-Long Themes -- Feminism in the Modern World -- War and Peace -- Science -- Population Growth -- Nations at Risk -- Conclusion
