The Twentieth Century: Readings in Global History

by Moss, Walter; Terry, Janice; Upshur, Jiu-Hwa

• ISBN13: 9780072893243
• ISBN10: 0072893249
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-12-02
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

Summary

This is a collection of 75 selections, organized in 21 chapters, 3 chronological periods. The selections are accompanied by introductions to each period, chapter overviews, and selection introductions.

Table of Contents

Preface

Part One: The Era of Western Domination

Chapter 1: Modernization: Science and Technology Challenge Tradition

Chapter 2: Demands for Political and Social Changes in Europe and Japan Prior to World War I

Chapter 3: Regions under Imperial Domination

Chapter 4: Militarism and World War I

Part Two: From Revolutions to the End of World War II

Chapter 5: Revolution in Latin America

Chapter 6: Postwar Settlements and Self-Determination

Chapter 7: Russia's Revolutions

Chapter 8: Social Conflicts in the United States

Chapter 9: The Global Depression

Chapter 10: Asia between the World Wars

Chapter 11: Anticolonialism in the Middle East and Africa

Chapter 12: Stalin and Hitler and the "Enemies of the People" in the 1930s

Chapter 13: Axis Aggressions and World War II

Part Three: The Era of Cold War and Collapse of Empires

Chapter 14: Women, Households, Consumption, and the Environment: Interrelated Issues in the Postwar Era

Chapter 15: The Cold War and Its Impact From the 1940s to the 1980s

Chapter 16: Three West European Leaders: De Gaulle, Brandt, and Thatcher

Chapter 17: Post World War II Trends in the Americas

Chapter 18: Asia since World War II

Chapter 19: The Struggle for Political and Economic Independence in Africa

Chapter 20: Changes and Conflict in the Middle East

Chapter 21: After the Cold War: The Birth of a New Era