{"product_id":"the-penguin-history-of-the-twentieth-century-isbn-9780140276312","title":"The Penguin History of the Twentieth Century","description":"Offering a dazzling overview of a turbulent century, \u003ci\u003eThe Penguin History of the Twentieth Century\u003c\/i\u003e explores the dramatic events and underlying trends that made the twentieth century the most transformative in human history. Despite two devastating World Wars and the traumatic rise and fall of communism, wealth has increased significantly alongside a four-fold leap in population, women's lives have been transformed, America has assumed undisputed political and cultural leadership, and China is now clearly awaiting its moment, J. M. Robert's masterly overview, now updated to the present day, brings all of this and more into focus.The Penguin History of the Twentieth CenturyList of Maps\u003cbr\u003eForeword\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook 1: The World of 1901: Inheritances\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. By Way of Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOur Century — The weight of the past — The different pasts of 1901 — The 'civilized' world — Culture and hegemony — 'One-half of the human species' — Ideas with a future — The scientific legacy — Movers and shakers\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2. Structures\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHuman numbers — The world's wealth —Commerce — States and governments — Monarchy — Non-western government — Islamic empires — The Unites States of America — Latin America — The international order: power and great powers — Potential for change\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3. The White Man's World\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEmpires and imperialism — The European empires — Idealism, interests and imagination — Settlers and natives — Imperialism and international relations: the 'Scramble for Africa' — Asian and Pacific empire — The imperial Unites States — The South African war\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4. Shapes of Things to Come\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLong-term demography — The divisions of humanity — A century of growing wealth — An industrializing world — New technology — Medical science — Communication — Mass communication — Changing mentalities — Acceleration and integration\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook 2: The Last Years of the European Ascendancy\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. European Exceptionalism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEuropeans — Privilege and unrest — Socialism — Mass politics and nationalism — Constitutional governments — The German empire — Dynasticism — Religion in European life — Tensions and strains — Women in Europe\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6. Europe as a System of Power\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInternational order — Alliances and entanglements — The dissatisfied and dangerous — The appearance of security — New alignments — Deepening divisions — Young Turks — Russia's changing stance — Agadir and after — The Balkan wars\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7. Challenges and Challengers in the Making\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChange and perceptions of change in Asia — The new Japan — The end of the Chinese empire — The European empires in the Far East — Indo-China and Indonesia — India under the Raj — India enters the twentieth century — Egypt and the other end of Ottoman Africa — Ottoman empire east of Suez — New actors in the imperial drama\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8. The Great War and the Beginning of the Twentieth-century Revolution\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe last crisis — The end of an age — The Great War — The changing world — 1917 — Revolutionary war — Triumphs of nationality — The Ottoman collapse — The end of the first German war\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook 3: The End Of The Old World Order\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9. A Revolutionary Peace\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe basis of settlement — The League — The international economy — Economic disorder in Europe — Democracy and nationality — Revolution and counter-revolution — The new Germany — International communism — The new Russian empire — A new autocracy — A world divided\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10. Years of Illusion\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA last flourish of empire — Kemal Atatürk — Iran — New currents in Europe's politics — An authoritarian wave — New uncertainties — The optimistic years — Locarno and after — An eastern enigma — The United States\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook 4: World Revolution\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11. An Emerging Global History\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe world depression — Asia in the era of European civil war — The sequel to the Chinese revolution — Japan — The peace settlements and Asia — Chinese communism — Japanese dynamism — Civil war in China — The turning tide in India — The United States — Latin America\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12. The Path to World War\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe approach to the abyss — The Manchurian crisis — The China 'incident' — Indo-China and Indonesia between the wars — The German problem — Adolf Hitler — The German revolution — The crumbling balance of power — Ideology's contamination of international affairs — Towards a new German war: the Spanish Civil War — Hitler moves beyond the German lands\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13. The Second World War\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom Blitzkrieg to Barbarossa — German Europe — World war — The conflation of wars — Global conflict 1941-5 — The meaning of victory\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook Five: A New World\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14. Appearance and Reality\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEurope: amid the ruins — The framework of recovery — Reconstruction — Great power realities — Friction — The Truman doctrine and the Marshall Plan\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e15. The Cold War Unrolls\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRoots of conflict — The Berlin crisis and NATO — New nations: the beginnings of decolonization — Indian independence — The last throes of the Chinese revolution — Imperial realities in 1945 — Indo-China — The running sore of the Ottoman Succession — Cold and hot war in Asia: Korea — Stalin's legacy — A divided Europe in a dividing world\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e16. East Asia Reshaped\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter empire — The Indian sub-continent — The 'Third World' — Indonesia — The new China — China's re-emergence as a world power — The great steersman — Resurgent Japan\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e17. Africa and the Near East: Old and New Problems\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePast history, new facts — Pre-independence Africa — The independence process in Black Africa — South Africa and Rhodesia — Disapppointment and disillusion — Arab and Jew — The Egyptian revolution and after — Algerian independence\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook 6: Shifting Foundations\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e18. Changing Minds\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNew ways of seeing the world — The management of the natural world — Power — Communications and information technology — The life sciences — Medical science — Space and the public imagination — Promise and misgiving — Facing new issues\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e19. New Economic and Social Worlds\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the long run — Europe's 'golden age' — Eastern Europe — World contrasts — Changing lifestyles — The oil crisis and after — Structural changes — Cultural consequences in a wealthier world — Globalization\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e20. Authority and Its New Challengers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA liberating century — Dissolving certainty — Religion in the later twentieth century — Government, democracy and nationalism — Challenges to the state — Women — The Pill — New waves — Women in the non-western world — Youth\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook 7. A Changing World Balance\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e21. The Cold War at Its Height\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter Stalin — The second Berlin crisis — Latin America enters world politics — Cuba — The aftermath in Latin America — The changing USSR — The changing United States\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e22. Vietnam and After\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe American entanglement — The changing Asian context — Oil and the Israel problem — The Iranian revolution — Islam in international affairs — An uneasy Latin America\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e23. The Reshaping of Europe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeeds of unity — The division of Europe — National interests — \u003ci\u003eOstpolitik\u003c\/i\u003e — The path to Helsinki — The British crisis\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook 8: The End Of An Era\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e24. A World in Evolution\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe last years of Chairman Mao — New patterns — Japan: the new world power — The Indian democracy — Africa's enduring problems\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e25. Crumbling Certainties\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeeds of doubt — American misgivings — Disordered Islam — The last phase of Cold War — Changing eastern Europe — Polish revolution — The crumbling of the Soviet system — A new Germany\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e26. Post Cold War Realities\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Gulf War — Persisting dangers — The end of the Soviet Union — A new Russia — New European security problems — The end of Yugoslavia — Nationality and ethnicity in the new Europe — European integration — Qualified re-orientation: the United Kingdom — Changes in China — Tiananmen\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e27. Fin-de-siècle\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProblems of peacekeeping — Europe after Maastricht — A common currency — Enlarging Europe — A troubled Far East — The Indian sub-continent — The United States at the end of the century — Pax Americana\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e28. Retrospect\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHistorical importance — The great upheavals — The mythology of human happiness — Mastery of the material world — The first world civilization — Today's political world — Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix: The Exploration of Space\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003eA book that deserves the widest reading. (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cb\u003eJ. M. Roberts\u003c\/b\u003e (1928–2003) was an eminent British historian and television presenter. He was the vice chancellor of the University of Southampton (1979–1985) and the warden of Merton College, Oxford (1985–1994). He wrote and presented \u003ci\u003eThe Triumph of the West\u003c\/i\u003e, a 13-part series for the BBC (1985). He is the author of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Penguin History of the World\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e The Triumph of the West\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e Twentieth Century.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302128963813,"sku":"NP9780140276312","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780140276312.jpg?v=1767740911","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-penguin-history-of-the-twentieth-century-isbn-9780140276312","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}