Global Shift
Asia, Africa, and Latin America, 1945-2007
1st Edition
Published on 23. September 2014
360 pages
978-0-7735-8769-4 (ISBN)
Description
A striking portrait of states in the non-Western world from the dismantling of European empires to their inclusion into a universe of global capitalism.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Montreal, QC
United States
Edition type
Digital original
File size
6,71 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-7735-8769-4 (9780773587694)
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Person
Mason Mike:
Mike Mason is a retired high school and university teacher and the author of Turbulent Empires: A History of Global Capitalism since 1945 and Global Shift: Asia, Africa, and Latin America, 1945-2007.Mike Mason, adjunct professor of history at Queen's University, has taught at the university level in Canada, Nigeria and Britain for over forty years.
Mike Mason is a retired high school and university teacher and the author of Turbulent Empires: A History of Global Capitalism since 1945 and Global Shift: Asia, Africa, and Latin America, 1945-2007.Mike Mason, adjunct professor of history at Queen's University, has taught at the university level in Canada, Nigeria and Britain for over forty years.
Content
- Cover
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 - On With the Show: The End of World War II, the Resurrection of Capitalism, and the Making of the Third World
- 2 - The Sony Also Rises: Japan's Undulations
- 3 - Glorious Capitalism in Communist China
- 4 - Reorientations: Colonialism, Socialism, and Capitalism in Vietnam and Indonesia
- 5 - Tigers: Export-Led Industrialization in South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore
- 6 - A Tryst With Neoliberalism: India after the Permit Raj
- 7 - Storms over Afpak: Permanent War in Pakistan and Afghanistan
- 8 - "Bomb, Bomb, Bomb, Bomb, Bomb Iran": Dictators and Domination in the Middle East
- 9 - Africa Independent: Peaks of Progress, Troughs of Despond
- 10 - The Chimera of Progress in Latin America
- Afterword
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
