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Towards One World

Autor G. Pearson
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 17 iun 2009
This is an introduction to world affairs in 1961 and after. It shows in bold outline how our rather small, increasingly overpopulated world has come to be dominated by the two giants powers, the USA and the USSR, with a new class of neutralist ex-colonial countries holding an increasingly important position. While Mr Pearson shows the part played by European or Western influence in creating one world, he also stresses that the outlying parts of the world are now independent and dynamic, and that they have their own personality, aspirations and interests. Mr Pearson begins with the 'European springboard', showing how the Europe of the sixteenth century and after was a kind of powerhouse sending out currents of intellectual and political activity all over the world. Then he goes straight to the USA and the USSR and outlines their development. Next he turns to the time of European dominance and imperialism up to 1914; then to the course and effects of the two world wars; then to the decisive rise of the Asian contenders for great-power status and the decline of colonialism. Final chapters outline the history of the Middle East and comment on the 'lands of the future', especially Africa.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780521109109
ISBN-10: 0521109108
Pagini: 344
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.44 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Preface; 1. The European springboard; 2. The Russian enigma; 3. The making of the United States; 4. The expansion of the United States (1787–1865); 5. The wealth of the United Sates; 6. Europe reorganized I: the French example; 7. Europe reorganized II: the new nations; 8. British overseas settlement (to 1914); 9. European imperialism (to 1914); 10. China - the dragon awakened; 11. The Great War and the Russian Revolution; 12. The world-wide crisis (1929–45); 13. The modern giants; 14. Far-east challengers; 15. Turkey and the Arab lands; 16. The lands of the future; 17. The problems of one world; Bibliography; Appendix; Index.

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This is an introduction to world affairs in 1961 and after.