Twentieth Century World - Softcover

Findley, Carter Vaughn; Rothney, John Alexander Murray

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0618115323 ISBN 13: 9780618115327

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin College Div, 2001

Synopsis

The best-selling Twentieth-Century World text covers recent world history by focusing on themes of global interrelatedness, identity and difference, the rise of mass society, and technology versus nature.

The text presents balanced coverage of political, economic, social, scientific, artistic, and military history, allowing for a fully rounded understanding of the contemporary world. A comparative timeline examines major historical events from around the globe.

About this title

About the Author

Carter V. Findley is president of the World History Association and professor of history at Ohio State University, where he and John Rothney co-founded the world history program. He received Ohio State's Distinguished Research Award in 2000. A specialist in Turkish studies with a lengthy bibliography, Dr. Findley has also written two major books on Ottoman history, both published by Princeton University Press: BUREAUCRATIC REFORM IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE: THE SUBLIME PORTE, 1789-1922 (1980) and the prize-winning OTTOMAN CIVIL OFFICIALDOM: A SOCIAL HISTORY (1989). He has been a visiting professor at both the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (Paris, 1994) and Bilkent University (Ankara, 1997) as well as a visiting member at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton (1981-1982). Dr. Findley received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1969.

Review

"[This material] is absolutely essential to any understanding of the twentieth century, and I am delighted to see it included. The 'Titanic' vignette that begins the chapter is apt and useful-it is a good metaphor for the century and fixes attention well. ... The content in this chapter is well presented, reasonable, and readable. It significantly improves the quality of the book and makes it more usable than was the earlier edition. The impact of industrialization, the growth of mass society, the growing power differences between the core and periphery-these are all treated well, and they provide the background needed to understand why 1914 occurred at all and how it created the consequences that flowed from it." -- Review

Edition details

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin College Div
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0618115323
• ISBN 13: 9780618115327
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 521