Integrating the latest dramatic phases in world history, Findley and Rothney’s new Seventh Edition of the best-selling TWENTIETH-CENTURY WORLD, International Edition thoroughly covers recent world history by focusing on themes of global interrelatedness, identity and difference, the rise of mass society, and technology versus nature.
The book includes 27 maps for ease of reference. With its up-to-date bibliography and its clear, concise style, the book is perfect for undergraduate classes on twentieth-century world history.
Twentieth-century World
An American historian, Henry Adams, overwhelmed by this technology, wrote that “his historical neck [was] broken by the sudden irruption of forces totally new.”1 For the rapidly industrializing peoples of Western and Central Europe and ...
This is a genuinely global textbook that takes a non-nationalistic approach to history and attempts to avoid marginalising the role of non-western actors and societies.
Covering world affairs from the 1900s through to the late 1970s, this book deals with the main events of Twentieth Century History and the role of major world organisations and provides more able GCSE students with the background necessary ...
What's more, the text includes a special insert that guides you in using the text's many detailed maps, which help you make important connections between geography and the turn of historic events; timelines that highlight and contrast ...
To provide students with flexibility, students can download the eText to a tablet using the free Pearson eText app. 0205006884 / 9780205006885 The World in the Twentieth Century Plus MySearchLab with eText -- Access Card Package Package ...
How has the world changed in the last century? This text looks back across 100 years of turbulence, Clive Ponting providing a reassessment of what the 20th century has meant...
Explores major political and economic changes of the 20th century The World in the Twentieth Century, 7/e, discusses the major political and economic changes that have reshaped global relations. The...
Updated to include the war on terrorism, military action in Iraq, and the causes and consequences of globalization, this edition also explores the expanding role of nongovernmental organizations, the threat of AIDS to world order, narcotics ...