The Longman handbook of the modern world : international history and politics since 1945
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The Longman handbook of the modern world : international history and politics since 1945
Longman, 1998
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 435-467) and index
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ISBN 9780582304123
Description
Attempts to provide a convenient reference work for both teachers and students of modern world history. The book covers the period from 1945 to 1998 - an era of enormous change. It explores not only political and diplomatic events but also the broader fields of social and economic history.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Political history: political chronology
- Europe
- Middle East
- Africa
- Asia
- Australasia
- Latin America and the Caribbean
- North America
- heads of state and selected rulers/ministers. Part 2 Wars and international affairs: principal international organizations and groupings
- major treaties and international agreements since 1944
- the United Nations
- the new nations since 1945
- foreign ministers of the great powers since 1945
- wars and major armed conflicts
- nuclear development and arms control since 1939
- strategic nuclear weapons of the superpowers. Part 3 Economic and social: estimated world population, 1950-2000
- world population and projections by major areas 1950-2000
- population of individual countries
- population density and urbanization - selected countries
- population of major world cities
- output of wheat, 1950-94 - selected countries
- output of rice, 1962-94 - selected countries
- output of coal and lignite, 1950-94 - selected countries
- output of steel, 1950-94
- motor vehicles produced, 1965-94 - selected countries
- output of electricity, 1955-94 - selected countries
- output of crude oil, 1950-94
- world oil reserves - 1985 and 1994
- gross national product per capita - selected countries
- famines and major national disasters
- world, health, disease and medicine
- major population and refugee movements
- the environment and pollution - major events since 1945. Part 4 Biographies.
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: pbk ISBN 9780582304130
Description
This new Handbook is a comprehensive reference guide on international relations, politics and modern world history. Starting with the concluding stages of the Second World War (including Yalta, the defeat of Germany and Japan and the birth of the United Nations) the book goes through to major events in the new post-Cold War world (such as the Serbo-Croat wars, the South Africa and the end of the Deng era in China). Throughout attention is paid to international themes such as decolonization, African nationalism and global environmentalism, as well as social and economic history (including information on inflation rates, natural disasters, and environmental issues).
Table of Contents
SECTION ONE: POLITICAL HISTORY. Political Chronology. Europe. Africa. Asia. Australasia. Latin America and the Caribbean. Heads of State and Selected Rulers/Ministers SECTION TWO: WAR AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS. Principal International Organizations and Groupings. Major Treaties and International Agreements Since 1944. The United Nations. The New Nations Since 1945. Foreign Ministers of the Great Powers Since 1945. Wars and Major Armed Conflicts. Nuclear Development and Arms Control Since 1939. Strategic Nuclear Weapons of the Superpowers. ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL. Estimated World Populations, 1959-2000. World Population and Projections By Major Areas 1950 -2000. Population of Individual Counties. Population Density and Urbanization: Selected Countries. Population of Major World Cities. Output of Wheat, 1950-94: Selected Countries. Output of Coal and Lignite, 1959-94: Selected Countries. Output of Steel 1950-94. World Oil Reserves: 1985 and 1994. Gross National Product Per Capita: Selected Countries. Famines and Major National Disasters. World Health and Refugee Movements. The Environment and Pollution: Major Events Since 1945. SECTION FOUR: BIBLIOGRAPHIES. SECTION FIVE: GLOSSARY OF TERMS. SECTION SIX: BIBLIOGRAPHY. MAPS. INDEX
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