Towards One World

Klappentext This is an introduction to world affairs in 1961 and after. Zusammenfassung This is an introduction to world affairs in 1961 and after. It shows in bold outline how our rather small! increasingly overpopulated world has come to be dominated by the two giants powers! the USA and the USSR! with a new class of neutralist ex-colonial countries holding an increasingly important position. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. The European springboard; 2. The Russian enigma; 3. The making of the United States; 4. The expansion of the United States (1787-1865); 5. The wealth of the United Sates; 6. Europe reorganized I: the French example; 7. Europe reorganized II: the new nations; 8. British overseas settlement (to 1914); 9. European imperialism (to 1914); 10. China - the dragon awakened; 11. The Great War and the Russian Revolution; 12. The world-wide crisis (1929-45); 13. The modern giants; 14. Far-east challengers; 15. Turkey and the Arab lands; 16. The lands of the future; 17. The problems of one world; Bibliography; Appendix; Index.

Product details

• Authors: G. Pearson, George Pearson
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.06.2009
• EAN: 9780521109109
• ISBN: 978-0-521-10910-9
• No. of pages: 344
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works