The Columbia History Of The 20th Century
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The Columbia History Of The 20th Century
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Author : Richard W. Bulliet
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 1998
The Columbia History Of The 20th Century written by Richard W. Bulliet and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with History, Modern categories.
In the parade of highlights with which many have tried to sum up the twentieth century, the overarching patterns and fundamental transformations often fail to come into focus. The Columbia History of the 20th Century, however, is much more than a chronicle of the previous century's front-page news. Instead, the book is a series of twenty-three linked interpretive essays on the most significant developments in modern times--ranging from athletics to art, the economy to the environment. Rather than presenting a linear narrative, each author uncovers patterns of worldwide change. James Mayall, for example, writes on nationalism from the rise of European fascism to the rise of Asian and African nations; Sheila Fitzpatrick traces the history of communism and socialism in Moscow and Havana. In her chapter on women and gender, Rosalind Rosenberg covers the progress of women's rights throughout the world, from Middle Eastern activism to the American feminist movement. Jean-Marc Ran Oppenheim's history of sports traces the spread of Western sports to all corners of the globe and the West's appropriation of such activities as martial arts. In each, the important strands of history--events, ideas, leading figures, issues--come together to offer an illuminating look at cultural connection, diffusion, and conflict, showing in stark relief how this period has been unlike any preceding era of human history.
The Columbia History Of Twentieth Century French Thought
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Author : Lawrence D. Kritzman
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2006
The Columbia History Of Twentieth Century French Thought written by Lawrence D. Kritzman and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with History categories.
This valuable reference is an authoritative guide to 20th century French thought. It considers the intellectual figures, movements and publications that helped define fields as diverse as history, psychoanalysis, film, philosophy, and economics.
The Columbia History Of Eastern Europe In The Twentieth Century
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Author : Joseph Held
language : en
Publisher: New York : Columbia University Press
Release Date : 1992
The Columbia History Of Eastern Europe In The Twentieth Century written by Joseph Held and has been published by New York : Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Europe, Eastern categories.
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The Columbia History Of The American Novel
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Author : Emory Elliott
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 1991
The Columbia History Of The American Novel written by Emory Elliott and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Education categories.
Designed as a companion to The Columbia Literary History of the United States, this compilation of 31 major essays covers the American novel from the 1700s to the present, although the majority deal with the 20th century. Within each era, themes, genres, and topics such as realism, gender, romance, and technology are discussed in depth, as well as modern Canadian, Caribbean, and Latin American fiction. Each essayist selects only the authors who best illustrate the topic, thus subtly skewing the view of the literary scene at that time. The volume also covers women, minorities, popular fiction, and the book marketplace. ISBN 0-231-07360-7: $59.95.
The Columbia History Of The World
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1981
The Columbia History Of The World written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with World history categories.
The Gold Standard At The Turn Of The Twentieth Century
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Author : Steven Bryan
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2010-08-31
The Gold Standard At The Turn Of The Twentieth Century written by Steven Bryan and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-08-31 with History categories.
By the end of the nineteenth century, the world was ready to adopt the gold standard out of concerns of national power, prestige, and anti-English competition. Yet although the gold standard allowed countries to enact a virtual single world currency, the years before World War I were not a time of unfettered liberal economics and one-world, one-market harmony. Outside of Europe, the gold standard became a tool for nationalists and protectionists primarily interested in growing domestic industry and imperial expansion. This overlooked trend, provocatively reassessed in Steven Bryan's well-documented history, contradicts our conception of the gold standard as a British-based system infused with English ideas, interests, and institutions. In countries like Japan and Argentina, where nationalist concerns focused on infant-industry protection and the growth of military power, the gold standard enabled the expansion of trade and the goals of the age: industry and empire. Bryan argues that these countries looked less to Britain and more to North America and the rest of Europe for ideological models. Not only does this history challenge our idealistic notions of the prewar period, but it also reorients our understanding of the history that followed. Policymakers of the 1920s latched onto the idea that global prosperity before World War I was the result of a system dominated by English liberalism. Their attempt to reproduce this triumph helped bring about the global downturn, the Great Depression, and the collapse of the interwar world.
20th Century China
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Author : Oliver Edmund Clubb
language : en
Publisher: New York : Columbia University Press
Release Date : 1978
20th Century China written by Oliver Edmund Clubb and has been published by New York : Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with History categories.
Focuses on the major domestic and foreign affairs which have contributed to the political development of twentieth-century China
The Columbia Companion To The Twentieth Century American Short Story
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Author : Blanche H. Gelfant
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2004-04-21
The Columbia Companion To The Twentieth Century American Short Story written by Blanche H. Gelfant and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-04-21 with Literary Criticism categories.
Esteemed critic Blanche Gelfant's brilliant companion gathers together lucid essays on major writers and themes by some of the best literary critics in the United States. Part 1 is comprised of articles on stories that share a particular theme, such as "Working Class Stories" or "Gay and Lesbian Stories." The heart of the book, however, lies in Part 2, which contains more than one hundred pieces on individual writers and their work, including Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Richard Ford, Raymond Carver, Eudora Welty, Andre Debus, Zora Neal Hurston, Anne Beattie, Bharati Mukherjee, J. D. Salinger, and Jamaica Kincaid, as well as engaging pieces on the promising new writers to come on the scene.
The Columbia History Of Latinos In The United States Since 1960
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Author : David G. Gutiérrez
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2004-07-20
The Columbia History Of Latinos In The United States Since 1960 written by David G. Gutiérrez and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-07-20 with Social Science categories.
Latinos are now the largest so-called minority group in the United States—the result of a growth trend that began in the mid-twentieth century—and the influence of Latin cultures on American life is reflected in everything from politics to education to mass cultural forms such as music and television. Yet very few volumes have attempted to analyze or provide a context for this dramatic historical development. The Columbia History of Latinos in the United States Since 1960 is among the few comprehensive histories of Latinos in America. This collaborative, interdisciplinary volume provides not only cutting-edge interpretations of recent Latino history, including essays on the six major immigrant groups (Mexicans, Cubans, Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, Central Americans, and South Americans), but also insight into the major areas of contention and debate that characterize Latino scholarship in the early twenty-first century. This much-needed book offers a broad overview of this era of explosive demographic and cultural change by exploring the recent histories of all the major national and regional Latino subpopulations and reflecting on what these historical trends might mean for the future of both the United States and the other increasingly connected nations of the Western Hemisphere. While at one point it may have been considered feasible to explore the histories of national populations in isolation from one another, all of the contributors to this volume highlight the deep transnational ties and interconnections that bind different peoples across national and regional lines. Thus, each chapter on Latino national subpopulations explores the ambiguous and shifting boundaries that so loosely define them both in the United States and in their countries of origin. A multinational perspective on important political and cultural themes—such as Latino gender systems, religion, politics, expressive and artistic cultures, and interactions with the law—helps shape a realistic interpretation of the Latino experience in the United States.
The Columbia History Of Eastern Europe In The Twentieth Century
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Author : Joseph Held
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 1992
The Columbia History Of Eastern Europe In The Twentieth Century written by Joseph Held and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with History categories.
This illustrated historical reference work provides an interpretive overview of each of the countries of Eastern Europe, focusing particularly on political developments and including references to significant social, cultural and economic events.