The age of interconnection : a global history of the second half of the twentieth century
A monumental and accessible global history of the second half of the twentieth century, from the end of World War Two to the terrorist attack on the Twin Towers, offering readers the most complete portrait of the age available.
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Langue: | English |
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Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated,
2023
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| Sujets: | Twentieth century History, Modern Electronic books |
| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (817 pages) |
| Résumé: | A monumental and accessible global history of the second half of the twentieth century, from the end of World War Two to the terrorist attack on the Twin Towers, offering readers the most complete portrait of the age available. Cover -- The Age of Interconnection -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Maps -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1: The Material World -- 1 Nature -- 2 Disease -- 3 Technologies -- Part 2: Interactions -- 4 Markets -- 5 Migrations -- 6 The Powers -- Part 3: Varieties of the Social -- 7 Societies -- 8 Labor -- 9 Leisure -- 10 Consumers -- Part 4: Dreams and Nightmares -- 11 Beliefs -- 12 Mass Murder -- 13 Utopias -- Aftermath -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index. |
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| Description: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (817 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780190918965 0190918969 9780190918958 0190918950 |