2 options
The 20th Century : a retrospective / Choi Chatterjee.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chatterjee, Choi, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civilization, Modern.
- Civilization, Modern--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvii, 422 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York, New York : Routledge, [2018]
- Summary:
- This book is a collage of human experiences made from overlapping pieces and woven together by themes of crises, revolution, and change, aiming to raise issues that people in the twentieth-century world tried to address.
- Contents:
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- The Early Century
- The Paradoxes of Modernization
- Imperialism and Colonial Rule
- Materialism and the Crisis of Capitalism
- Revolutions Before Bolshevism
- Bolshevism Reshapes Revolution
- Fascism and the Holocaust
- The Later Century
- Independence
- Peasants and Peasant Revolts
- 1968 and New Radical Visions
- Islamic Fundamentalism in Critical Perspective
- Century-Long Themes
- Feminism in the Modern World
- War and Peace
- Science
- Population Growth
- Nations at Risk
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Description based on: online resource; title from PDF information screen (Worldcat, viewed January 31, 2023).
- ISBN:
- 9780429496899
- 0429496893
- 9780813326917
- 0813326915
- 9780429976520
- 0429976526
- 9780429965449
- 0429965443
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.