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Mastering Modern World History
Taschenbuch von Norman Lowe (u. a.)
Sprache: Englisch

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The sixth edition of this bestselling book takes students on a journey through the 20th century and provides a clear overview of the key events which have shaped modern world history.

Unrivalled in its broad coverage, it:
- Surveys international relations and war, from 1900 to the present day
- Examines the rise and fall of fascism and communism around the globe
- Explores the international affairs of the major superpowers: the USA, Russia/USSR and China
- Assesses the experience of decolonization in India, Africa and Latin America
- Unpicks global issues, including economic crises and population increase

Chapters feature maps, diagrams and end-of-chapter questions to support and reinforce understanding. This new edition has been updated to take account of new scholarship, and provide a more global approach to key chapters in modern world history. Key changes include:
- New material on the Second World War, beginning with the outbreak of war between China and Japan, and touches upon Italy's campaigns in East and North Africa and Civil Wars taking place in China, Spain and the Ukraine
- Coverage of new historical interpretations of the events that led to the First World War
- New chapters on the history of the United States of America
- A new chapter on Tsar Nicholas II and the Russian Revolutions of 1917.

Mastering Modern World History is the go-to textbook for secondary school students and undergraduates studying modern world history and international relations, and an ideal companion for anyone with an interest in how the world got into its present state.
The sixth edition of this bestselling book takes students on a journey through the 20th century and provides a clear overview of the key events which have shaped modern world history.

Unrivalled in its broad coverage, it:
- Surveys international relations and war, from 1900 to the present day
- Examines the rise and fall of fascism and communism around the globe
- Explores the international affairs of the major superpowers: the USA, Russia/USSR and China
- Assesses the experience of decolonization in India, Africa and Latin America
- Unpicks global issues, including economic crises and population increase

Chapters feature maps, diagrams and end-of-chapter questions to support and reinforce understanding. This new edition has been updated to take account of new scholarship, and provide a more global approach to key chapters in modern world history. Key changes include:
- New material on the Second World War, beginning with the outbreak of war between China and Japan, and touches upon Italy's campaigns in East and North Africa and Civil Wars taking place in China, Spain and the Ukraine
- Coverage of new historical interpretations of the events that led to the First World War
- New chapters on the history of the United States of America
- A new chapter on Tsar Nicholas II and the Russian Revolutions of 1917.

Mastering Modern World History is the go-to textbook for secondary school students and undergraduates studying modern world history and international relations, and an ideal companion for anyone with an interest in how the world got into its present state.
Über den Autor
Norman Lowe has had many years' experience of teaching history at all levels and for twenty years was head of history at Nelson and Colne Tertiary College in Lancashire, UK.
Zusammenfassung
Ideal for a wide range of courses both nationally and internationally
Inhaltsverzeichnis
List of figuresList of mapsList of tablesAcknowledgementsPreface to the sixth editionPART I WAR AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
1 The Origins of the First World War
2 The First World War 1914-1918
3 A Bitter Peace 1918-33
4 The Road to War
5 The Second World War 1939-45
6 The Cold War: problems of international relations after the Second World War
7 The spread of communism outside Europe and its effects on international relations
8 The United Nations Organization
9 The Two Europes, East and West since 1945
10 Conflict in the Middle East
11 The New World Order and the War Against Global Terrorism

PART II THE RISE OF FASCISM AND GOVERNMENTS OF THE RIGHT
12 Italy 1918-45: the first appearance of fascism
13 Germany 1918-45: the Weimar Republic and Hitler

PART III COMMUNISM - RISE AND DECLINE
14 Russia 1894 - 1917
15 Russia under Lenin and Stalin
16 Continuing communism, collapse and aftermath,1953 to the present
17 China 1900-49
18 China since 1949: the communists in control
19 Communism in Korea and South East Asia

PART IV THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
20 USA 1900-1929: Boom and Bust
21 Roosevelt and the New Deal: 1929-1945
22 USA 1945 - 1968: Uneven Prosperity
23 USA 1968 - 2012: Opportunity and Challenge

PART V DECOLONIZATION AND AFTER
24 The end of the European Empires
25 Africa since independence
26 Latin America

PART VI GLOBAL PROBLEMS
27 The changing world economy since 1900
28 The world's population
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Genre: Geschichte
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 720
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781350933408
ISBN-10: 1350933406
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 609496
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Lowe, Norman
Traynor, John
Auflage: 6. Auflage
Besonderheit: Unsere Aufsteiger
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Academic
Abbildungen: 20 illustrations (plus the diagrams, tables and maps indicated below)
Maße: 234 x 157 x 37 mm
Von/Mit: Norman Lowe (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 28.07.2022
Gewicht: 0,96 kg
preigu-id: 121180571
Über den Autor
Norman Lowe has had many years' experience of teaching history at all levels and for twenty years was head of history at Nelson and Colne Tertiary College in Lancashire, UK.
Zusammenfassung
Ideal for a wide range of courses both nationally and internationally
Inhaltsverzeichnis
List of figuresList of mapsList of tablesAcknowledgementsPreface to the sixth editionPART I WAR AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
1 The Origins of the First World War
2 The First World War 1914-1918
3 A Bitter Peace 1918-33
4 The Road to War
5 The Second World War 1939-45
6 The Cold War: problems of international relations after the Second World War
7 The spread of communism outside Europe and its effects on international relations
8 The United Nations Organization
9 The Two Europes, East and West since 1945
10 Conflict in the Middle East
11 The New World Order and the War Against Global Terrorism

PART II THE RISE OF FASCISM AND GOVERNMENTS OF THE RIGHT
12 Italy 1918-45: the first appearance of fascism
13 Germany 1918-45: the Weimar Republic and Hitler

PART III COMMUNISM - RISE AND DECLINE
14 Russia 1894 - 1917
15 Russia under Lenin and Stalin
16 Continuing communism, collapse and aftermath,1953 to the present
17 China 1900-49
18 China since 1949: the communists in control
19 Communism in Korea and South East Asia

PART IV THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
20 USA 1900-1929: Boom and Bust
21 Roosevelt and the New Deal: 1929-1945
22 USA 1945 - 1968: Uneven Prosperity
23 USA 1968 - 2012: Opportunity and Challenge

PART V DECOLONIZATION AND AFTER
24 The end of the European Empires
25 Africa since independence
26 Latin America

PART VI GLOBAL PROBLEMS
27 The changing world economy since 1900
28 The world's population
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Genre: Geschichte
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 720
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781350933408
ISBN-10: 1350933406
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 609496
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Lowe, Norman
Traynor, John
Auflage: 6. Auflage
Besonderheit: Unsere Aufsteiger
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Academic
Abbildungen: 20 illustrations (plus the diagrams, tables and maps indicated below)
Maße: 234 x 157 x 37 mm
Von/Mit: Norman Lowe (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 28.07.2022
Gewicht: 0,96 kg
preigu-id: 121180571
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