ISBN10: 0190497351, ISBN13: 9780190497354, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Hardcover
[Columbia, MD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2021]
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ISBN10: 0190497351, ISBN13: 9780190497354, [publisher: Oxford University Press Inc, New York] Hardcover Hardcover. Never before had any century in history known the continually accelerating rate and scope of change experienced in the twentieth century -- with its revolutionary discoveries, technological inventions, political upheaval, and scientific advances, radical transformation touched virtually every arena of life. In The Twentieth Century: A World History, R. Keith Schoppa uses a global lens spanning Africa, the Middle East, Russia, Asia andthe Pacific, Europe, and the Americas. He traces the major developments of the twentieth century from the rise of globalization to the dawn of the digital age; from the Great War of 1914-18 to the In The Twentieth Century: A World History, R. Keith Schoppa offers a window into one of the most turbulent and exciting periods in world history. Through a global lens spanning Africa, the Middle East, Russia, Asia and the Pacific, Europe, and the Americas, this volume traces the major developments of the twentieth century from the rise of globalization to the dawn of the digital age; from the Great War (1914-1918) to the "great war in Africa"(1998-2003); from the first genocide of the century in Namibia to the Bosnian-Kosovo genocides of the late 1990s. From the collapse of empires to the rise of decolonized nation-states on the global stage, The Twentieth Century: A World History offers a rich chronological narrative of ...

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Oxford Univ Pr on Demand, Date: 2021. Hardcover. New. 175 pages. 9.50x6.25x1.00 inches. 2021. Oxford Univ Pr on Demand ISBN 0190497351 9780190497354 [GB]

Oxford Univ Pr on Demand 2021 Hardcover New 175 pages. 9.50x6.25x1.00 inches.