The Twentieth Century and Beyond: A Global History

by Goff, Richard; Moss, Walter; Terry, Janice; Upshur, Jiu-Hwa; Schroeder, Michael

• ISBN13: 9780073206929
• ISBN10: 007320692X
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-01-11
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

Summary

Written by a diverse group of scholars who bring their regional expertise together, this best-selling text offers a balanced treatment of global events and developments in the twentieth century and beyond. By integrating key themes of science and technology, economics, political and social developments, international relationships, and cultural trends throughout its chronological chapters, the book uses its organization as a key tool to help students appreciate this important period in global history. Its clear prose weaves basic factual information and analysis together to create a student-friendly text, while still allowing for professors' personal interpretations. This seventh edition incorporates the latest scholarship on twentieth century history, including the work of a new co-author, Michael Schroeder, and addresses key issues of twenty-first century concern, including terrorism, the environment, and more.

Table of Contents

1900: A Preview of the Twentieth Century

The Era of Imperialism

General Trends before World War I

The Great Powers of Europe

The European Conquest of Africa

The Americas

Imperialism in Asia and the Pacific

The Origins of World War I

World War I

The Era of Revolution and War

General Trends in the Interwar Years

Russia's Three Revolutions, 1917-1932

Postwar Settlements and Europe in the 1920s

Economic and Social Upheaval in the Americas

East Asia between the World Wars

Nationalist Struggles in India and Southeast Asia

Anticolonialism in the Middle East and Africa

Dictatorship and Democracy in Europe during the 1930s

Aggression in the 1930s

World War II

The Era of the Cold War and the Collapse of Empires

General Trends in the Era of the Cold War and the Collapse ofEmpires

Postwar Settlements, Europe, and the Early Cold War

The Americas after World War II

Asia in the Aftermath of World War II

African Struggles for Independence

Economic and Political Developments in the Middle East

The Israeli-Palestinian-Arab Conflict

Detente and Europe, 1963-1984

The Americas in the Late Cold War Era

South and Southeast Asia in the Late Cold War Era

Competing Systems in East Asia in the Late Cold War Era

Africa in the Later Years of the Cold War

Gorbachev, Europe, and the End of the Cold War, 1985-1991

The Post-Cold War Period

The Post-Cold War World

Europe and the Americas in a New Era

Asia, The Middle East, and Africa in a New Era

Appendixes

World Geography

Wealthy Nations, Poor Nations, and Military Spending in the 1980s and 1990s

Glossary

Index

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