Global Society The World Since 1900

by Crossley, Pamela; Lees, Lynn Hollen; Servos, John W.

• ISBN13: 9780618018505
• ISBN10: 0618018506
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-06-04
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

This narrative text takes a global approach to the 20th century, examining all regions in a balanced fashion without over-emphasizing western Europe or the United States. The text's focus on environmental and technological innovations ensures that attention is given to all regions. Comparative chapters allow students to see interaction among various regions of the world.

Table of Contents

Note: Each chapter contains a Conclusion

Old and New Empires, 1900–1919

The World in 1900

Nation States and Their Resources

Technology and Power

Colonialism and the British Empire

Struggles for Recognition

Imperialism Encompasses the Pacific, 1900–1914

Twilight of the Land-Based Empires

Traditional Wealth and Modern Trade

Pacific Imperialists

Abandonment of the Land-Based Empires

Great War, Little Peace, 1914–1919

The Origins of the War Military History of the Conflict, 1914–1917

Home Fronts Stalemates Broken, 1917–1918

Finding a New Equilibrium

Struggles for Supremacy, 1919–1945

Internationalism, Empire, and Autarchy, 1919–1929

Internationalism Old Empires and New Nationalisms

Raj and Swaraj: The Struggle for Indian Independence

The Quiescent Colonies Dependency and Development

Knowing and Doing: Science and Technology, 1919–1939

The Convergence of Science and Technology

High Science in a Mass Culture

Science, Technology, and Economic Development

The Economic Consequences of War and Peace, 1919–1938

Markets and Money Depression

Around the Globe National Solutions

Domestic Life in Hard Times

The Murderous Politics of the 1930s

Alternative Designs for the Future

Several Forms of Authoritarianism

The Media Send Strong Messages

Citizenship, Gender, and Ethnicity Welfare

Programs: A Response to Domestic Problems

From Regional Wars to Global Conflict, 1936–1946

The War of the Northern Hemisphere War Years

Outside the Battlefields Endgame

Rise and Fall of the Bipolar Order, 1946–1981

From the United Nations to a Bi-Polar World, 1945–1953

The World in Motion

Memories of Versailles and Planning a Postwar World

From Allies to Adversaries Asia in the Aftermath of World War II

Occupations and Nationalisms Asian Communism

The Globalization of the Cold War

Two Poles and Perpetual Crisis, 1950–1964

Crisis and Compromise in the Management of the Post-War World

The Road to Confrontation Resource

Anxieties and the Challenge of Secular Nationalism: The Middle East and North Africa

Border Crossings, 1946–1975

A New Order of Things

People on the Move International Styles

Earthly Concerns and Alternative Faiths

The Many Dialects of Rebellion, 1960–1975

Personalizing Resistance and Independence

National Independence in the Weakening Bipolar System

New Forms of International

Awareness Flexing of the American Pole

Deacute;tente to Disarray: The Breakdown of the Bipolar World, 1969–1981

The 1970s: An Overview Regional

Rivalries and the Decay of Deacute;tente

The Yom Kippur War, 1973

Oil Embargo and Economic Change

The Hollowing Out of the Soviet Empire

The Turn to the Right

Emergence of New Global Systems from 1981

Reconfigurations of Power, 1981–1991

The Collapse of Communism

Problems of One-Party Rule Economic

Restructuring Identities and the Nation-State

Global Society in the New Millennium

Closing the Circle Revitalization of the Nation-State

The Organizing of Global Finance and Trade

Management of Energy and the Environment Class

Stratification in the Global Society

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