The global 1980s : people, power and profit / Jonathan Davis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davis, Jonathan Shaw, author.

Series:

Decades in global history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nineteen eighties.

History, Modern--20th century.

History, Modern.

Physical Description:

viii, 287 pages ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Global nineteen eighties

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2019.

Summary:

"The Global 1980s takes an international perspective on the upheaval across the world during the long 1980s (1979-1991) with the end of the Cold War, a move towards a free-market economic system, and the increasing connectedness of the world. Offering an overview of a decade in transition, as the global order established after 1945 broke down and a new, globalised world order emerged, and supported by case studies from across the world, this truly global book is an essential resource for students and scholars of the long 1980s and the twentieth-century more generally"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Revolutions in East and West: Iran and Nicaragua

Thatcher, Reagan and free markets: ghost towns, rust belts and a new individualism

Inside the Soviet bloc: the end of détente and the rise of Solidarność

Africa and decolonisation: twenty years after the "winds of change"

Changes in China: the consequences of Deng Xiaoping's reforms

Bombs, jobs and famine: music and global concerns

Global crises: AIDS, acid rain and the ozone layer

Mikhail Gorbachev: new man, new thinking

Making a "modern" decade: computers, videos and yuppies

The first wave of Indian liberalisation: the Rajiv Gandhi era

South Korea's twisted path to democracy

The Middle East in turmoil: Iran-Iraq and the first Intifada

Reagan and Thatcher depart, a new world order emerges

Latin America's transition to democracy: Chile and Haiti

"Free Nelson Mandela": the end of apartheid in South Africa

The Communist world breaks.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Davis, Jonathan Shaw, author. Global 1980s

ISBN:

9781138818361

1138818364

9781138818378

1138818372

OCLC:

1077529531