Screen LibraryA concise history of the modern world 1500 to the present: A guide to world affairs /
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| Literature type: | Electronic Software eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | 4th rev. ed. |
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http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230554665 |
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Ebook. Originally published in: 1991. |
| Carrier Form: | 448 p. |
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9780333971635 9780230554665 : 0230554660 : |
| CLC: | D81 |
| Contents: | List 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. |