Contemporary World HistoryA comprehensive and balanced history of the world in the twentieth century and into the new millennium, William Duiker's text not only chronicles the key events in the revolutionary twentieth century, but also examines the underlying issues that have shaped the times. CONTEMPORARY WORLD HISTORY, 5E, takes a global approach to the subject while doing justice to the distinctive character of individual civilizations and regions. Duiker integrates political, economic, social, and cultural history, creating a chronologically ordered synthesis that gives students the true flavor of the most decisive moments in recent world history. In addition, Duiker's own photographs and selection of primary source documents, which illustrate much of the book, are especially effective in illustrating key points in the narrative. A new feature, Film & History, presents a brief analysis of the plot as well as the historical significance, value, and accuracy of eight films, including such movies as Khartoum (1966), Gandhi (1982), The Last Emperor (1987), and The Lives of Others (2006). Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version. |
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Table des matières
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Across the Ideological Divide | 147 |
Third World Rising | 251 |
The New Millennium | 331 |
Suggested Reading | 345 |
Index | 352 |
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Africa Allied American Arab areas Asian became began Beijing Britain British capital capitalist CHAPTER Chiang Kai-shek China Chinese cities civil Cold War colonial Communist Communist Party countries country’s created decades democracy democratic dominated East Germany Eastern Europe economic efforts elections emergence Empire ethnic European forces foreign France French German global Hitler IDEOLOGICAL DIVIDE imperial increased increasingly independence India industrial Industrial Revolution Iran Islamic Japan Japanese Khrushchev labor land Latin America leaders Lenin major Mao Zedong ment Middle East military million modern Moscow movement Muslim nationalist nineteenth century officials Ottoman Empire peace peasants People’s percent political popular population postwar president problems reform regime region Republic Revolution revolutionary role rule rural Russia social socialist society South Southeast Asia Soviet Union Stalin Sukarno territory tion traditional treaty troops United urban Vietnam West Western women workers World War II

