How the World Changed: Volume 1 1900-1939

ISBN-13: 9780367773441 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 128 str.

John Eppstein

Opis

First published in 1969, How the World Changed: Volume 1 1900-1939 is the first of two volumes that together outline the political history of the twentieth century up to 1968.

Spis treści

Part 1: 1900-1914 The Last of ‘The Good Old Days’; 1: The People’s Way of Life; 2: Europeans Rule the World; 3: The Chinese Revolution and the Rise of Japan; 4: ‘The Gathering Storm’; Part 2: 1914-1919 The First World War and the Peace Settlement; 5: The First Phase (1914-16); 6: The Decisive Phase (1917-18); 7: The Peace Treaties and the League of Nations; Part 3: 1919-1939 The Uneasy Peace; 8: The New Map of Europe; 9: The Russian Revolution and the Soviet Union (1917-39); 10: Life in the Western World: Economic Crisis; 11: The British Empire and Commonwealth; 12: The Challenge to Democracy; Suggested reading list for teachers; Index

O autorze

John Eppstein