Remaking the Modern World 1900 – 2015: Global Connections and Comparisons

The sequel and companion volume to C.A. Bayly s ground–breaking The Birth of the Modern World, 1780–1914, 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.

Written by one of the leading historians of his generation, an early intellectual leader in the study of World History Weaves a clear narrative history that explores the themes of politics, economics, social, cultural, and intellectual life throughout the long twentieth century Identifies 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 Interrogates 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 Explores the causes behind the resurgence of local conflict, rather than global–scale conflict, in the years since the turn of the millennium Delves into the narrative of inequality, a story that has shaped and been shaped by the events of the last hundred years

List of Figures and Photo Credits

Series Editor s Preface

Christopher Bayly and the Remaking of Modern World History

Series Editor s Acknowledgements

Preface

INTRODUCTION

1 THE WORLD CRISIS, C. 1900 1930: EUROPE AND THE MIDDLE EAST

2 THE WORLD CRISIS, C. 1900 30: AFRICA, ASIA AND BEYOND

3 AUTHORITARIANISM AND DICTATORSHIP WORLDWIDE, C. 1900 50

4 DEMOCRACIES AND THEIR DISCONTENTS, C. 1900 50

5 THE DEPRESSION: STATE INTERVENTION AND POPULAR RESISTANCE

6 THE SECOND WORLD WAR AND ITS CONSEQUENCES

7 PERIPHERAL CONFLICTS AND THE END OF OLD REGIMES, C. 1945 55

8 AMERICA S HEGEMONY AND COLONIALISM S FINALE, MID 1950S TO 1970S

9 THE TIPPING POINT : WORLD POLITICS AND THE SHOCK OF THE LONG 1980S

10 THE EXPANSION OF HUMAN KNOWLEDGE: THE TWENTIETH CENTURY PERSON AND SOCIETY

11 THE SELF AND HUMAN SOCIETY

12 ARTS, LITERATURE AND ENTERTAINMENT: CRISIS AND RECOVERY

13 RELIGION: CONTESTATION AND REVIVAL

14 A CENTURY OF KILLING AND A CENTURY OF CRIME

15 INTERNATIONALISM AND TRANS NATIONALISM IN THEORY AND PRACTICE

16 THE SHADOW OF EMPIRE IN THE MODERN WORLD

17 THE PRESSURE OF PEOPLE

18 BETWEEN TWO CENTURIES: ECONOMIC LIBERALISATION AND POLITICAL FRAGMENTATION, C. 1991 TO 2015

CONCLUSION: PERIODS AND PROPHECY

NOTES

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