{"product_id":"remaking-the-modern-world-1900-2015-9781405187169","title":"Remaking the Modern World 1900  2015","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe sequel and companion volume to C.A. Bayly''s ground-breaking \u003ci\u003eThe Birth of the Modern World, 1780-1914\u003c\/i\u003e, this wide-ranging and sophisticated study explores global history since the First World War, offering a coherent, comparative overview of developments in politics, economics, and society at large.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eWritten by one of the leading historians of his generation, an early intellectual leader in the study of World History\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWeaves a clear narrative history that explores the themes of politics, economics, social, cultural, and intellectual life throughout the long twentieth century\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIdentifies the themes of state, capital, and communication as key drivers of change on a global scale in the last century, and explores the impact of those ideas\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eInterrogates whether warfare was really the pre-eminent driving force of twentieth-century history, and what other ideas shaped the course of history in this period\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the causes behind the \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Overall, the great value of this last of Christopher Bayly's books is nonetheless beyond question: \u003ci\u003eRemaking the Modern World\u003c\/i\u003e is truly thought provoking and speaks to may different discussions, be it on the approach of global history...or the problems and possibilities of presentist history writing.\"\u003cb\u003e Global Histories\u003c\/b\u003e, Vol. 5, No. 1 (May 2019)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e“As with \u003ci\u003eBirth\u003c\/i\u003e, the value of \u003ci\u003eRemaking\u003c\/i\u003e lies in the ways in which it re-reads many well-known topics. By placing them in a global perspective, it often ascribes to them very new meanings.” -- \u003ci\u003eAustralian Journal of Politics and History\u003c\/i\u003e: Volume 66, Number 1, 2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The book is excellent for students, historians whose expertise lies outside of modern history, and scholars of other disciplines interested in modern history, especially those not in the social sciences or humanities.” -- \u003ci\u003eHNet: Humanities and Social Science Reviews Online\u003c\/i\u003e, August, 2021\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Figures and Photo Credits vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeries Editor’s Preface ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChristopher Bayly and the Making of World History xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The World Crisis, \u003ci\u003ec\u003c\/i\u003e.1900–1930: Europe and the “Middle East” 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The World Crisis, \u003ci\u003ec\u003c\/i\u003e.1900–1930: Africa, Asia and Beyond 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Authoritarianism and Dictatorship Worldwide, \u003ci\u003ec\u003c\/i\u003e.1900–1950 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Democracies and Their Discontents, \u003ci\u003ec\u003c\/i\u003e.1900–1950 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Depression: State Intervention and Popular Resistance 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Second World War and its Consequences 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Peripheral Conflicts and the End of Old Regimes, \u003ci\u003ec\u003c\/i\u003e.1945–1955 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 America’s Hegemony and Colonialism’s Finale, mid-1950s to 1970s 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 The “Tipping Point”: World Politics and the Shock of the “Long 1980s” 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 The Expansion of Human Knowledge: The Twentieth-Century Person and Society 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 The Self and Human Society 194\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Arts, Literature and Entertainment: Crisis and Recovery 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Religion: Contestation and Revival 231\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 A Century of Killing and a Century of Crime 247\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Internationalism and Transnationalism in Theory and Practice 263\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 The Shadow of Empire in the Modern World 270\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 The Pressure of People 287\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Between Two Centuries: Economic Liberalisation and Political Fragmentation, \u003ci\u003ec\u003c\/i\u003e.1991 to 2015 298\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion: Periods and Prophecy 323\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 333\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 363\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 379\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48866716156247,"sku":"9781405187169","price":26.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405187169.jpg?v=1722279875","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/remaking-the-modern-world-1900-2015-9781405187169","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}