Turbulent Passage: A Global History Of The Twentieth Century

by Adas, Michael; Stearns, Peter N.; Schwartz, Stuart B.

• ISBN13: 9780321338907
• ISBN10: 0321338901
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-01-01
• Publisher: Longman

Summary

With a strong emphasis on social and cultural history, this book focuses on the major international themes and historical processes that shaped the 20th century.

Table of Contents

List of Maps	vii
Preface	viii
Prologue	1	(5)
PART I The Birth of the 20th Century	6	(96)
Accelerating Change and the Transition to the 20th Century	7	(1)
Redrawing the Global Map	8	(1)
Social Transformations and the Coming of the 20th Century	9	(1)
Intellectual Foundations for a New Century	10	(1)
Part Overview	11	(3)
Western Industrialization and the Foundations of the 20th Century	14	(20)
Introduction	15	(1)
The Industrial Revolution in Europe	15	(3)
Document: Feminism	18	(2)
The Consolidation of the Industrial Order, 1850--1914	20	(7)
Diplomatic Tensions Among the Western Powers	27	(1)
Analysis: The United States in World History	28	(2)
Conclusion: Diplomacy and Society	30	(4)
Extending the Industrial Core: The Emergence of Russia and Japan as 20th--Century Powers	34	(18)
Introduction	35	(1)
Reforms in Russia, 1861--1914	36	(2)
Protest and Revolution	38	(2)
Document: Conditions Under Russian Industrialization	40	(1)
Japan: Reform, Industrialization, and Rise to Global Power	41	(4)
Analysis: The Separate Paths of Japan and China	45	(3)
Conclusion: Responses to the West and the Question of Autonomy	48	(4)
Industrialization and Imperialism: The Making of a Global Colonial Order	52	(20)
Introduction	53	(1)
Industrial Rivalries and the Partition of the World, 1870--1914	54	(5)
Colonial Regimes and African and Asian Peoples	59	(1)
Analysis: Western Education and the Rise of an African and Asian Middle Class	59	(4)
Document: Contrary Images: The Colonizer Versus the Colonized on the ``Civilizing Mission''	63	(1)
White Dominions and Mixed Settler Colonies	64	(5)
Conclusion: The Pattern of the Age of Imperialism	69	(3)
Precarious Sovereignty: Western Informal Empire and Constricted Development in Latin America, the Middle East, and China	72	(30)
Introduction	73	(1)
National Consolidation in Latin America	74	(5)
Analysis: Explaining Underdevelopment	79	(2)
The Great Boom, 1880-1920	81	(3)
From Empire to Nation: Ottoman Retreat and the Birth of Turkey	84	(3)
Western Intrusions and the Crisis in the Arab Islamic Heartlands	87	(4)
The Last Dynasty: The Slow Death of the Qing Empire in China	91	(5)
Document: Revolutionary Impulses and the Breakdown of the Confucian Order	96	(2)
Conclusion: Islamic and Chinese Responses to the Challenge of the West	98	(4)
PART II A Half-Century of Crisis, 1914--1945	102	(120)
Decades of Turmoil	103	(1)
Foundations of an Era of Revolutions and Totalitarian States	104	(3)
Part Overview	107	(1)
Descent into the Abyss: World War I and the Crisis of the European Global Order	108	(28)
Introduction	109	(1)
The Coming of the Great War	110	(3)
A World at War	113	(5)
Failed Peace	118	(2)
World War I and the Nationalist Assault on the European Colonial Order	120	(2)
Document: Lessons for the Colonized from the Slaughter in the Trenches	122	(7)
Analysis: Women in Asian and African Nationalist Movements	129	(3)
Conclusion: After Catastrophe	132	(4)
The Postware World: The Unfolding of Revolutionary Challenges	136	(32)
Introduction	137	(1)
The Disarray of Western Europe, 1918-1929	138	(5)
The West Outside Europe: The British Commonwealth and the United States	143	(6)
Revolution: The First Waves	149	(5)
Document: Socialist Realism	154	(9)
Analysis: A Century of Revolutions	163	(1)
Conclusion: The Enduring Impact of a Catastrophic Global War	164	(4)
Global Depression and the Challenge of Totalitarianism	168	(26)
Introduction	169	(1)
The Global Great Depression	170	(4)
Analysis: Learning from the 1930s	174	(4)
The 1930s in Latin America	178	(5)
The Militarization of Japan	183	(2)
Stalinism in the Soviet Union	185	(1)
Document: The Leader of the Soviet Union Evaluates the Depression	186	(3)
Conclusion: Economic Autarky and the Coming of Another World War	189	(5)
A Second Global Conflict and the End of the European World Order	194	(28)
Introduction	195	(1)
Old and New Causes of a Second World War	196	(2)
Analysis: From Mechanized to High-Tech War and the Rise of Resistance to Both	198	(2)
Unchecked Aggression and the Coming of the War in Europe and the Pacific	200	(1)
The Conduct of a Second Global War	201	(5)
Document: Japan and the Defeat in World War II	206	(2)
War's End and the Emergence of the Superpower Standoff	208	(2)
Nationalism and Decolonization	210	(7)
Conclusion: The Limits of Decolonization	217	(5)
PART III After the Deluge: World History in the Era of the Cold War	222	(126)
Cold War Transformations and the Transition to a New Era	223	(1)
The Cold War and Shifts in the Balance of Global Power	224	(1)
Global Adjustments: Postcolonial Options and the Persistence of Revolution	225	(1)
The New Position of East Asia	226	(1)
Portents of the Future of the Global Community	226	(2)
The West and the World During the Cold War: Changing Definitions and Changing Roles	228	(26)
Introduction	229	(1)
After World War II: International Setting for the West	230	(2)
The Resurgence of Western Europe	232	(6)
Document: Youth Culture in the 1960s	238	(3)
Cold War Allies: The United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand	241	(3)
Analysis: The United States and Western Europe: Convergence and Complexity	244	(1)
Culture and Society in the West	245	(6)
Conclusion: Adjusting to Advanced Industrial Society	251	(3)
The Eastern Bloc, the Cold War, and Global Repercussions	254	(16)
Introduction	255	(1)
Themes in Eastern European History Since 1945	256	(3)
Soviet Culture: Promoting New Beliefs and Institutions	259	(3)
Document: 1986: A New Wave of Reform	262	(3)
Analysis: The Nature of Totalitarianism	265	(3)
Conclusion: Before the Fall	268	(2)
The Postcolonial Era in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia	270	(26)
Introduction	271	(1)
The Challenges of Independence	272	(2)
Analysis: Artificial Nations and the Rising Tide of Communal Strife	274	(9)
Paths to Economic Growth and Social Justice	283	(1)
Document: Between Africa and the West---the Emerging Elites of the Developing World	284	(9)
Conclusion: The Postcolonial Experience in Historical Perspective	293	(3)
Cold War Confrontations and the Resurgence of Revolution	296	(32)
Introduction	297	(2)
Mao's China and Beyond	299	(6)
The Vietnam Wars for National Liberation	305	(2)
Revolutions and Superpower Interventions in Latin America	307	(7)
Document: The People Speak	314	(3)
Analysis: Human Rights in the 20th Century	317	(5)
Conclusion: Mixed Returns from Revolution in a Turbulent Century	322	(6)
Up from the Ashes: Japan and the Pacific Rim in New Global Roles	328	(20)
Introduction	329	(1)
The Aftermath of World War II in Eastern Asia	330	(3)
Japan, Incorporated	333	(3)
Document: Wariness of the West and Defense of Japanese Traditions	336	(3)
The Pacific Rim: New Japans?	339	(2)
Common Themes in the Pacific Rim	341	(1)
Analysis: The Pacific Rim as a U.S. Policy Issue	342	(3)
Conclusion: The Pacific Rim as Exception or as Model	345	(3)
PART IV After the Fall: Toward a New Millennium	348
Toward Globalization: Promise and Perils	352	(1)
Troubling Contours of a New World Order	353	(1)
The End of the Cold War and the Shape of a New Era	354	(16)
Introduction	355	(1)
The Spread of Democracy	355	(1)
The End of the Cold War	356	(6)
Document: Democratic Protest and Repression in China	362	(1)
The Great Powers	363	(3)
Analysis: How Much Historical Change?	366	(1)
Conclusion: New Trends in the Post-Cold War Era	366	(4)
Globalization and Its Enemies: The Challenges of Fashioning a 21st-Century World Order	370	(28)
Introduction	371	(1)
The Resurgence of Globalization	372	(4)
Document: Protests Against Globalization	376	(3)
Globalization and the Environment: Global Warming and a Planet in Peril	379	(3)
Regional, Ethnic, and Religious Conflicts	382	(4)
Analysis: Terrorism, Then and Now	386	(3)
The United States and the New Pattern of Conflict	389	(5)
Conclusion: Back to the Future?	394	(4)
Epilogue: Global History Yet to Come	398
Introduction	399	(1)
Trends	399	(1)
New Directions	400	(2)
Optimists and Pessimists	402	(1)
Regions, Civilizations, and World Forces	402	(3)
Conclusion: Asking Questions	405
Credits	1	(1)
Index	1