At the Global Turn: World History 1945-Present
Häftad, Engelska, 2019
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- Utgivningsdatum2019-08-29
- FormatHäftad
- SpråkEngelska
- Antal sidor277
- FörlagKendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S.
- ISBN9781524986926
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- Chapter 1: IntroductionChapter OutlineDawning of the Global AgeAt the Global TurnConceptualizing the Postwar Era, 1945 to 2010Our Shrinking WorldTowards a Transnational HistoryA Canadian PerspectiveEchoes of the PastConclusionQuestions for Critical ThoughtSuggestions for Further ReadingChapter 2: Dreams for a Better World, 1945 to 1949 Chapter OutlineThe Atlantic Dream, 1941 to 1949Postwar Decolonization Wave, 1945 to 1949West European Social Democracy, 1945 to 1949Fall of the Iron Curtain, 1945 to 1949Birth of Israel, 1945 to 1949Dissolution of the Grand Alliance, 1945 to 1949Conclusion: Shape of the Postwar WorldQuestions for Critical ThoughtSuggestions for Further ReadingChapter 3: A Revolutionary Wave Chapter OutlineDecolonization and DevelopmentClashing Expectations for Decolonization, 1945 to 1955The Great Unraveling, 1956 to 1966Quest for National Development, 1960 to 1975Postcolonial Challenges, 1973 to 1982Waning of the Revolutionary WaveConclusionQuestions for Critical ThoughtSuggestions for Further ReadingChapter 4: The Global Cold War, 1949 to 1991Chapter OutlineIntroduction: A Cold WarGlobal Spillover, 1949 to 1953War in KoreaTowards the Nuclear Brink, 1954 to 1963Third World in the Cross FireThe Cold War in Popular CultureGorbachev's End Game, 1985 to 1991ConclusionQuestions for Critical ThoughtSuggestions for Further ReadingChapter 5: The Postwar WestChapter OutlineIntroductionGolden RecoverySociety of Affluence, 1950 to 1969The Anxious 1960sStagflation Crisis, 1973 to 1980Conservative Resurgence, 1980sContemporary Western SocietyConclusion: The West in the Twenty-First CenturyQuestions for Critical ThoughtSuggestions for Further ReadingChapter 6: Postwar Latin America Chapter OutlineIntroductionPostwar Experiment in PopulismLatin America's Cold WarPostwar Culture and SocietyLatin America's Debt Crisis, 1982 to 1989The Democratic WaveSummary: Latin America at the CrossroadsQuestions for Critical ThoughtSuggestions for Further ReadingChapter 7: Postwar Middle EastChapter OutlineIntroduction: The Postwar Middle EastNasser and Revolutionary NationalismThe Iranian RevolutionThe Soviet War in AfghanistanPostwar Urbanization and Modern AnxietiesPalestinian Intifada and the Oslo Process, 1987 to 2000Summary: The Postwar Middle EastQuestions for Critical ThoughtSuggestions for Further ReadingChapter 8: Sub-Saharan AfricaChapter OutlineIntroduction: Postcolonial AfricaDiminishing Hope, 1960 to 1972Turn towards Kleptocracy, 1973 to 1986Postcolonial Society and CultureDemocratic Wave, 1987 to 2000Rwanda's TragedyConclusionQuestions for Critical ThoughtSuggestions for Further ReadingChapter 9: Postwar AsiaChapter OutlineIntroduction: Postwar Asia, 1950 to 2000Asia's Cold War, 1945 to 1975Japan's Postwar Transformation, 1945 to 1991Mao and China's Modernization Struggle, 1950 to 1976The Asian MiracleThe Waking Dragon, 1977 to 2001Summary: Postwar AsiaQuestions for Critical ThoughtSuggestions for Further ReadingChapter 10: Life and Death of the Soviet BlocChapter OutlineThe Fall of CommunismMysterious Death of Comrade StalinStagnation under BrezhnevDestruction of the Aral SeaGorbachev Takes the Soviet Helm, 1985 to 1991The Revolutions of 1989Trauma of Post-Communist TransitionConclusionQuestions for Critical ThoughtSuggestions for Further ReadingChapter 11: The Globalization of Capitalism Chapter OutlineIntroduction: GlobalizationOur Shrinking WorldDigitalization of the EconomyRise of Transnational CorporationsNeoliberalism and the WTOGlobalization's Paradoxes and DiscontentsConclusion: Globalization and CapitalismQuestions for Critical ThoughtSuggestions for Further ReadingChapter 12: Bridge to the Twenty-First CenturyChapter OutlineIntroduction: New World OrderTriumphant Liberalism9-11 and Security in the New MillenniumKyoto and Tragedy of the Global CommonsCrisis Capitalism and the Great Recession of 2008The Arab Spring and Digital PopulismMultipolarity and the New Cold WarConclusion: Bridge to the Twenty-First CenturyQuestions for Critical ThoughtSuggestions for Further ReadingIndex
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