The twentieth century : a world history / R. Keith Schoppa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schoppa, R. Keith, 1943- author.

Series:

New Oxford world history.

New Oxford world history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History, Modern--20th century.

History, Modern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Summary:

In 'The Twentieth Century', R. Keith Schoppa offers a window into one of the most turbulent and exciting periods in world history. Through a global lens spanning Africa, the Middle East, Russia, Asia and the Pacific, Europe, and the Americas, this volume traces the major developments of the twentieth century from the rise of globalization to the dawn of the digital age; from the Great War (1914-1918) to the "great war in Africa" (1998-2003); from the first genocide of the century in Namibia to the Bosnian-Kosovo genocides of the late 1990s.

Contents:

The Great War, 1900-1919

Claustrophobia: Totalitarianism and the Great Depression, 1920-1936

Worlds Blown Apart, 1937-1949

A New Day? Revolution, Cold War, and Decolonization, 1950-1965

Struggling for Equality, Freedom, and Peace, 1966-1979

Bright Triumphs, Dark Disasters, 1980-1991

Written on the Darkest Pages of Human History, 1991-2000

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-049738-6

0-19-049737-8

0-19-757195-6