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PublisherNorton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.

ISBN-100393321088

ISBN-139780393321081

eBay Product ID (ePID)1700416

Product Key Features

Book TitleGlobal Century Series One World Divisible : a Global History since 1945

Number of Pages920 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicModern / 20th Century

Publication Year2001

IllustratorYes

GenreHistory

AuthorDavid Reynolds

Book SeriesThe Global Century Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.7 in

Item Weight46.5 Oz

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition21

Series Volume Number0

Dewey Decimal909.82/5

SynopsisGlobal change has accelerated at an unprecedented pace in the last half-century. The trajectory of change points in different directions, with the world growing at once more interconnected and more fragmented. Commerce and migrations, television and the World Wide Web suggest a story of growing interconnection, while at the same time the proliferation of nation-states and the divisions rooted in religion, race, and material inequality tell of separation and conflict. David Reynolds's brilliant history captures both themes and grounds them vividly in the people and events of the last fifty years. Reynolds captures the great political events: the Cold War, the Chinese revolution, independence movements, Vietnam, and the fall of the Soviet Union, and broader developments: economic and population growth, the spread of cities, vast technological change, genetic manipulation, and the creation of a digital world. Carefully avoiding an encyclopedic approach, Reynolds integrates these themes into a narrative with authority, vision, and style. A volume in the Global Century series, books by outstanding scholars on the history of the world in the twentieth century--general editor, Paul Kennedy., "A magisterial account of our time by a distinguished historian."--Walter LaFeber, prize-winning author of The Clash, "A magisterial account of our time by a distinguished historian."--Walter LaFeber, prize-winning author of The Clash Global change has accelerated at an unprecedented pace in the last half-century. The trajectory of change points in different directions, with the world growing at once more interconnected and more fragmented. Commerce and migrations, television and the World Wide Web suggest a story of growing interconnection, while at the same time the proliferation of nation-states and the divisions rooted in religion, race, and material inequality tell of separation and conflict. David Reynolds's brilliant history captures both themes and grounds them vividly in the people and events of the last fifty years. Reynolds captures the great political events: the Cold War, the Chinese revolution, independence movements, Vietnam, and the fall of the Soviet Union, and broader developments: economic and population growth, the spread of cities, vast technological change, genetic manipulation, and the creation of a digital world. Carefully avoiding an encyclopedic approach, Reynolds integrates these themes into a narrative with authority, vision, and style. A volume in the Global Century series, books by outstanding scholars on the history of the world in the twentieth century--general editor, Paul Kennedy.

LC Classification NumberD843