The Oxford history of the twentieth century
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The Oxford history of the twentieth century
Oxford University Press, 1998
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [344]-359) and index
Chronology: p. 360-431
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内容説明
Victoria still ruled over the British Empire, the imperial Manchu dynasty over China, and the Romanov Tsars over Russia. The cinema was in its infancy, with radio and television still to be developed. The earliest cars were on the road, but air travel was yet to come. Before antibiotics and effective vaccines against many common diseases, death rates were high.
Over the course of the twentieth century, the human population of the world has tripled, space travel has left the realms of science fiction and become reality, two cataclysmic world wars and a host of other conflicts have been fought, the internal combustion engine has replaced the horse as the basic means of transport, computer technology has revolutionized communications.
In this ambitious book, some of the most distinguished historians in the world survey the momentous events and the significant themes of recent and contemporary times, with a look forward to what the future might bring. They trace the continuities which have persisted over a hundred years and analyse the changes which have marked the century's progress. Early chapters take a global overview of the century as a whole, from a variety of perspectives - demographic, scientific, economic, and
cultural. Further chapters chart the century's course continent by continent and region by region, all written by acknowledged experts.
Beautifully illustrated with both colour and black and white plates, and with a detailed chronology, suggestions for further reading, and a full index, The Oxford History of the Twentieth Century is a valuable repository of information, offering unparalleled insights into the century we live in.
目次
- 1. The Dawn of the Century
- 2. Communications, Disease, and Demography
- 3. Understanding the Universe
- 4. The Expansion of Knowledge
- 5. The Growth of a World Economy
- 6. The Growth of a Global Culture
- 7. The Visual Arts
- 8. European Empires and Emerging Nationalism
- 9. Europe in the Age of Two World Wars
- 10. The Russian Empire and the Soviet Union
- 11. The United States 1900-1945
- 12. East Asia and the Emergence of Japan
- 13. The Confrontation of the Superpowers
- 14. The United States since 1945
- 15. The Soviet Union and Beyond
- 16. The Remaking of Europe
- 17. East Asia
- 18. China
- 19. South-East Asia
- 20. South Asia
- 21. North Africa and the Middle East
- 22. Africa
- 23. Latin America
- 24. The Old Commonwealth: The First Four Dominions
- 25. Towards an International Community? The United Nations and International Law
- 26. The Close of the Century
- 27. Towards the Twenty-first Century: New Problems, New Opportunities
- Chronology
- Further Reading
- Index
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