THE 20TH CENTURY by Choi Chatterjee, Phyllis Martin, Jeffrey L. Gould ( 9780813340098 )

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Title:

THE 20TH CENTURY
A RETROSPECTIVE

By:

Choi Chatterjee, Phyllis Martin, Jeffrey L. Gould

Format:

Hardback

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ISBN 10:

0813340098

ISBN 13:

9780813340098

Publisher:

INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US

Pub. date:

13 March, 2002

Pages:

448

Description:

This work presents a thematic history of the tumultuous 20th century (from 1870 to 2000) organized in 15 chapters that stress, cultural, social, and material issues as well as major political developments. Carefully selected case studies illustrate each theme.

Synopsis:

Three grand themes characterized the twentieth century: crises on a scale that outstripped any in human history, revolutionary ideology and action that brought social and political transformation on a global scale, and new technologies breathtaking in their pace and innovation. Through a discussion of overarching ideas and through case studies, this book explores the contradictions, commonalties, and varieties of human experience. Thematic chapters deal with issues such as modernization, imperialism, social revolutions, fascism, feminism, fundamentalism, war and peace, science, population, and economic inequality.. }Three grand themes characterized the twentieth century: crises on a scale that outstripped any in human history; revolutionary ideology and action that brought social and political transformation on a global scale; and new technologies breathtaking in their pace and innovation. It was a century of triumphant creativity and achievement, yet it witnessed violence and destruction of appalling, even cataclysmic, intensity.How can such contradictions be captured so that those who live in the twenty-first century may understand, and perhaps learn from, the varieties of human experience in the twenty-first century may understand, and perhaps learn from, the varieties of human experience in the twentieth century? The authors go back to 1870 to present a thematic history of the tumultuous 20th century (concluding in 2000) organized in fifteen chapters that stress, cultural, social, and material issues as well as major political developments. Carefully selected case studies bring to life in ordinary experience the themes of each chapter. Themes with a temporal orientation are featured in Part One on the Early Century (Modernization, Imperialism, Materialism, Socialist Revolution, and Fascism); and in Part Two on the Later Century (Decolonization, Peasant Movements, 1960s Radicalism, and Islamic Fundamentalism). Part three takes up larger themes that encompass the whole century (Feminism, War and Peace, Science, Population, and Economic Inequality). Illustrations and suggestions for further reading, films, and videos, enhance this innovative text. }

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Imprint:

Westview Press Inc

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Non-returnable

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