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The twentieth century
Title statement The twentieth century : a promethean age / texts by Alan Bullock, W.H. Neill, Herbert Nicholas, Alistair Hennessy, Hugh Seton-Watson, C.P. Fitzgerald, Elizabeth Monroe, J.D. Fage, John Willett, Anthony Quinton, Stephen Toulmin, John Maddox, Andrew Shonfield, Reinhard Bendix ; edited by Alan Bullock Another responsib. Bullock, Alan (Author) (Editor) McNeill, W.H. (Author) Nicholas, Herbert (Author) Hennessy, Alistair (Author) Seton, Watson, Hugh (Author) Fitzgerald, C.P. (Author) Monroe, Elizabeth (Author) Fage, J.D. (Author) Willett, John, 1917-2002 (Author) Quinton, Anthony (Author) Toulmin, Stephen (Author) Maddox, John (Author) Shonfield, Andrew (Author) Bendix, Reindard (Author) Publication London : Thames and Hudson, 1971 Phys.des. 371 strán : čiernobiele a farebné ilustrácie, fotografie ; čiernobiele mapy ; 36 cm Note Designed and produced by Thames and Hudson. Obsahuje zoznam vyobrazení a ich zdrojov. Obsahuje chronológiu od roku 1900 do roku 1970 Obsahuje register Incomplete contents I A Promethean Age / Alan Bullock -- II Peace and War. The complex web of international relations / W. H. McNeill -- European supremacy -- After Versailles -- War renewed -- The prospects of peace -- A balance of power -- Unanswered questions -- III Eclipse, Division - and Renewal. The place of Europe in world history / Alan Bullock -- The war of 1914-18 -- Years of disorder -- Recovery -- The watershed -- The dictators and the Second World War -- The two Europes -- IV America: Ideal and Reality. The rise of the USA to world power / Herbert Nicholas -- Two Americas -- World involvement -- The end of prosperity -- The New Deal -- 'The arsenal of victory' -- Cold War -- V Latin America in Search of its Future. The struggle for a new identity / Alistair Hennessy -- The land and the people -- Cities -- Rulers and ruled -- The Mexican Revolution -- The twenties - a new identity -- After World War II -- VI The Communist World. Soviet Russia and its progeny / Hugh Seton-Watson -- The structure of absolutism -- China, contrasts and parallels -- Central Europe -- Ideology, power and the state -- Communism and co-existence -- VII Asia Awakened. China, Japan, Indonesia and India / C. P. Fitzgerald -- Forty years of revolution -- The last imperialist -- Aftermath of colonialism -- New nations, new dilemmas -- India - unity and division -- VIII The Turbulent Middle East. The end of Western dominance / Elizabeth Monroe -- Three Moslem empires -- The impact of the War -- Frustrated nationalism -- From Israeli independence to Suez -- Choices -- IX Emergent Africa. The dangerous legacy of imperialism / J. D. Fage -- The colonial interlude -- Aftermath of the slave trade -- Settler domination -- Conflict and compromise -- The sprint of self-government -- X Chaos and Order. The arts in pursuit of new forms / John Willett -- The setting for experimental art -- Art and war -- Modernism in fashion -- The return to order -- The arts fight for life -- Culture in an atomic age -- XI Horizons of the Mind. Ideas and beliefs of the twentieth century / Anthony Quinton -- The impact of Einstein -- Freud and after -- Interpretations of history -- Positivism versus metaphysics -- Matter, mind and God -- The limits of rationality -- XII Science Comes of Age. Achievements ... and responsibilities / Stephen Toulmin -- 'Classical' science dissolves -- The new synthesis -- Science and the state -- The dilemmas of progress -- The scientist's life -- XIII A World Transformed. Industrial and technological advance / John Maddox -- Sources of the Industrial Revolution -- Currents of progress -- Mass production -- The impetus of war -- Technology marks time -- The dilemmas of success -- XIV World Trade and Finance. The changing balance of economic power / Andrew Shonfield -- Europe and the world -- 'La belle époque' -- The period of maladjustment -- The Great Depression -- The postwar world -- XV Man, Freedom and the Future. Patterns of social and political change / Reinhard Bendix -- Population: the world pattern -- People and power -- Democratic and totalitarian regimes -- Societies in transition -- Three excluded groups -- Problems of the future Subject Headings 20. stor. dejiny kultúra spoločnosť politika vojny umenie Form, Genre kolektívne monografie Country United Kingdom Language English Copy count 1, currently available 0, at library only 1 Database Books 
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