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Concise History of the Modern World : 1500 to the Present - A Guide to World Affairs by William Woodruff (2002, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan The Limited
ISBN-100333971639
ISBN-139780333971635
eBay Product ID (ePID)2211546
Product Key Features
Number of PagesXii, 430 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameConcise History of the Modern World : 1500 to the Present-A Guide to World Affairs
SubjectImperialism, General, Modern / General, Europe / Great Britain / General
Publication Year2002
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPolitical Science, History
AuthorWilliam Woodruff
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight23.3 Oz
Item Length8.6 in
Item Width5.6 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number4
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2002-022090
Dewey Edition20
Number of Volumes1 vol.
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal909.08
Table Of ContentList of Maps Preface to the Fourth Edition Introduction Origin of Our Times: An Asian-Dominated World Europe: 1500-1914 Africa: 1500-1914 The Rise of the West The Impact of Western Man 'White Peril' in the East The Expansion of the Russian Empire The Expansion of the American Empires The Scientific and Industrial Revolutions The Great War: 1914-1918 1917: Communism, A New World Religion Asia in the Interwar Years The Second World War: 1939-1945 The Balance of Terror The Decolonization of Africa Communism and It's Collapse in the USSR and Eastern Europe Twentieth Century Latin America Western Europe and North America The Resurgence of Asia The Threat of World Anarchy Notes Select Bibliography Index
SynopsisThis book investigates the major changes in world history and world economy during the past five hundred years. Its underlying theme is the struggle for power. Until the Rise of the West, and its incomparable impact on every branch of human activity, the center of the world lay in Asia. By the nineteenth century world power was firmly in the hands of the West. America's later rise to world status was prompted by the two world wars. With the other western powers in retreat, the United States is now blamed for all the excesses of western colonialism. It has become the prime target of international terrorism. Today there is a growing challenge to western domination and globalization. The much larger, but much poorer non-western world has begun to reassert itself. To understand the world around us, the global view is imperative. The dreadful terrorist attack on the United States on 11 September 2001, in which the US lost its sense of safety at home, confirms this. With this attack America's focus shifted from the nation to the world: national and international affairs are no longer divisible. It is the author's belief that we have reached a crucial transitional stage in world history, in which the world will no longer be shaped by the single image of western modernism, but also by the image of other cultures and civilizations. With the shift of world political and economic power to Asia, and with the growing world-wide influence of religious fundamentalism and revolutionary nationalism, the need for a global perspective has become acute. Extraordinarily well written, this book encompasses the learning and insights gleaned by the author from a lifetime career as a world historian., By investigating the major changes of world history during the past five hundred years, this book provides the necessary global perspective to understand the geopolitical and geoeconomic changes facing us today. We have reached a crucial transitional stage in world history in which the world will no longer be shaped by the single image of western modernism, but increasingly by the image of all cultures and civilizations. The need to take a world view - which this book provides - has become acute.
LC Classification NumberDA1-995
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