Buch, Englisch, 624 Seiten, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 233 mm, Gewicht: 857 g
Buch, Englisch, 624 Seiten, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 233 mm, Gewicht: 857 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-937102-0
Verlag: OXFORD UNIV PR
Through its lively and accessible narrative, The World Transformed: 1945 to Present provides students with an account of the political, socio-economic, and cultural developments that have shaped global events since 1945. The book's focus on three central and profoundly interconnected stories--the unfolding of the Cold War, the growth of the international economy, and the developing world's quest for political and economic independence--offers students a framework for understanding the past and making sense of the present. Attentive to overarching themes, individual historical figures, and diverse nations--and now substantially revised with a new Part 4 that examines world events since 1990--The World Transformed, Second Edition, is ideal for courses on post-1945 world history, international relations, or global topics.
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- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein
Weitere Infos & Material
- Preface
- Introduction: The Post-1945 Watershed
- International Politics Reconfigured
- Wilson and Lenin as Rival Visionaries World War II and the Onset of the Cold War The Reach of Nationalism
- The Global Economy in Transition
- The First Phase of Globalization, 1870s-1914
- Globalization Reborn, 1945 to the Present
- The Colonial System on the Brink
- Vulnerabilities of Empire
- The Appearance of the "Third World"
- Part One: Hopes and Fears Contend, 1945-1953
- Chapter 1: The Cold War: Toward Soviet-American Confrontation
- Origins of the Rivalry
- From Cooperation to Conflict
- U.S. Policy in Transition
- Stalin's Pursuit of Territory and Security
- The Conflict Goes Global
- Drawing the Line in Europe
- The Nuclear Arms Race Accelerates
- Opening a Front in the Third World
- Superpower Societies in an Unquiet Time
- Soviet Society under Stress
- The U.S. Anti-Communist Consensus
- Chapter 2: The International Economy: Out of the Ruins
- Anglo-American Remedies for an Ailing System Keynesian Economics and a Design for Prosperity The Bretton Woods Agreements
- The U.S. Rescue Operation
- Occupation and Recovery in Japan
- Recovery in Western Europe
- The American Economic Powerhouse
- Good Times Return
- Disney and the U.S. Economic Edge
- "Coca-colonization" and the Mass Consumption Model
- European Resistance to "Americanization"
- Chapter 3: The Third World: First Tremors in Asia
- The Appeal of Revolution and the Strong State The Chinese Communist Triumph Vietnam's Revolutionary Struggle
- New States Under Conservative Elites
- India's Status-Quo Independence
- The Collaborative Impulse in the Philippines
- Part Two: The Cold War System under Stress, 1953-1968
- Chapter 4. The Cold War: A Tenuous Accommodation
- The Beginnings of Coexistence Khrushchev Under Pressure Crosscurrents in American Policy
- Crisis Points
- To the Nuclear Brink in Cuba
- The Vietnam Quagmire
- The Quake of 1968
- The American Epicenter
- The Ground Shifts Abroad
- Chapter 5. Abundance and Discontent in the Developed World
- America at the Apogee
- Triumph at Home and Abroad
- Warning Signs of Economic Troubles
- Recovery in Western Europe and Japan The Old World's New Course The Second Japanese Miracle
- Voices of Discontent
- The New Environmentalism The Feminist Upsurge Development and Inequality
- Chapter 6. Third-World Hopes at High Tide
- Revolutionary Trajectories in East Asia The Maoist Experiment in China Vietnam's Fight for the South
- The Caribbean Basin: Between Reaction and Revolution
- Guatemala's "Ten Years of Spring" Cuba and the Revolution that Survived
- Decolonization in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Ghana and Nkrumah's African Socialism
- Colonial Legacies in Ghana and Beyond
- Remaking the Middle East and North Africa
- Economic Nationalism in Iran
- A New Order for Egypt and the Region
- Colonial Crisis in Algeria
- Part Three: From Cold War to Globalization, 1968-1991
- Chapter 7. The Cold War Comes to a Close
- The Rise and Fall of Détente The Nixon Turnaround The Brezhnev Era
- Western Europe and Détente
- The U.S. Retreat from Détente
- The Gorbachev Initiatives
- Glasnost, Perestroika, and a New Foreign Policy
- The Demise of the Soviet System
- Explaining the Cold War Outcome The Role of Leaders Impersonal Forces
- Chapter 8. Global Markets: One System, Three Centers
- The United States in Transition
- The Stagflation Crisis
- The Free Market Solution
- The Rise of an East Asian Bloc Japan Stays on Course The "Little Dragons" Stir
- Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics
- Vietnam in China's Footsteps
- Revived Bloc Building in Europe Renewed Integration and the E.U. Post-'89 and the Opening to the East
- Chapter 9. Divergent Paths in the Third World
- The Changing Face of Revolutions Cambodia's Genocidal Revolution Religious Challenge in Iran
- Revolutionary Aftershocks in the Middle East
- Opposition to Settler Colonialism Apartheid under Siege Conflict over Palestine
- Repression and Resistance in Guatemala
- Dreams of Development in Disarray
- Stalemated Economies The Population Explosion Women and Development
- Part Four: Integration and Fragmentation: the 1990s and Beyond
- Chapter 10. The Power and Perils of Globalization
- The Dimensions of a New Global Order
- The Pieces Fall into Place
- The Magic of the Market
- Creation's Destructive Side
- Disrupted Lives, Torn Societies, Hollow Politics
- The Specter of Inequality
- An Environment under Stress
- Saving People and the Planet
- Agents of Reform
- In the Name of Human Rights
- In Defense of Life on the Planet
- Chapter 11. A Regionally Configured World
- The New World's New Era
- Hegemonic Pretensions
- Latin America Beyond the Cold War
- Crosscurrents and Conflict in the Middle East
- The Rise of Political Islam
- Flash Points
- The Return of Asia
- Competing Development Models
- China's Long Regional Role
- The Old World's Old Problems
- The EU Project in Trouble
- The Geopolitical Pygmy
- Final Reflections on the Post-1945 World: The Limits and Uses of History
- Recommended Resources
- Notes
- Index
