A concise history of the world since 1945 states and peoples
Machine generated contents note:pt. IFrom bipolar to multipolar world --1.The Cold War in global context, 1945 -- 1991 --Triumph and disquiet: the human prospect in 1945 --Early superpower tensions --Expanding the circle of conflict --The Khrushchev era, 1955 -- 1964 --From detente to denouement --P...
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Red Globe Press
2020
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Zusammenfassung: | Machine generated contents note:pt. IFrom bipolar to multipolar world --1.The Cold War in global context, 1945 -- 1991 --Triumph and disquiet: the human prospect in 1945 --Early superpower tensions --Expanding the circle of conflict --The Khrushchev era, 1955 -- 1964 --From detente to denouement --Power and principle --2.The end of empire and the problem of neocolonialism --Decolonization and its discontents --The South Asian precedent --Africa's hope and misfortune --Anticolonialism and nationalism in the Middle East --Southeast Asia --The overlooked empire: Russia --Assessing the colonial legacy --3.An elusive new world order, 1991 -- 2020 --Integration and fragmentation in wider Europe --The resurgence of China --Ambiguity in Latin America --Terrorism and troubled democracy --pt. IIGlobalization and its discontents --4.When borders don't matter: development and global culture --Classical liberalism in crisis --The Keynesian consensus --North and South, rich and poor --Neoliberal economics --Globalization and disquiet --5.When borders do matter: international migration and identity --States and refugees --Provisional guests --Globalization and identity --Global equity and migration --pt. IIIBody and spirit --6.Science, technology, and the environment --Population and healing --Energy and power --Goods, services, and culture --Debate over the environment --Uncertain future --7.Religion, rights, and civil society --Christianity becomes a global faith --Challenges in the Islamic world --Indian and Israeli confessional politics --East Asian transitions --Rights, gender, and religion --Ancient faith and modern values. |
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Beschreibung: | Previous edition: Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006 Includes bibliographical references and index |
Beschreibung: | xiii, 320 pages 21 cm |
ISBN: | 9781352010206 978-1-352-01020-6 9781352010220 978-1-352-01022-0 1352010224 1-352-01022-4 1352010208 1-352-01020-8 |