Essays on Twentieth-Century History

Michael Adas editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Temple University Press,U.S.

Published:28th May '10

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Probing the paradoxes of "the long twentieth century"--from unprecedented human opportunity and deprivation to the rise of the United States as a hegemon

Probing the paradoxes of

"This collection of essays is part of a larger attempt to overturn the problematic periodization of the twentieth century that - at least in the schema of the global narrative - tends to serve as a coda to the nineteenth century... Essays on Twentieth-Century History has considerable value in teaching at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. In both instances, the collection challenges readers to reconsider - or perhaps consider - the significance of the twentieth century in the still-developing narrative of global history. The various essays are accessible, provocative, and with many essays offering essential bibliographies, they represent a starting point for historians and historians in training." The Journal of World History, June 2012

ISBN: 9781439902691

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 25mm

Weight: unknown

350 pages