{"product_id":"the-twentieth-century-a-world-history-paperback","title":"The Twentieth Century: A World History - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eR. Keith Schoppa\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNever before had any century in history known the continually accelerating rate and scope of change experienced in the twentieth century -- with its revolutionary discoveries, technological inventions, political upheaval, and scientific advances, radical transformation touched virtually every arena of life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Twentieth Century: A World History\u003c\/em\u003e, R. Keith Schoppa uses a global lens spanning Africa, the Middle East, Russia, Asia and the Pacific, Europe, and the Americas. He traces the major developments of the twentieth century from the rise of globalization to the dawn of the digital age; from the Great War of 1914-18 to the \"great war in Africa,\" conflicts that span the first genocide of the century in Namibia to that of Bosnia-Kosovo in the late 1990s. It was the \"century of the refugee,\" as the explosion of human violence caused significant population displacement-and it was also the century of indigenous peoples fighting off the lingering impacts of imperialism. This volume surveys various U.S. struggles in battles for civil rights, and witnesses the 1992 collapse of Soviet communism. The century ended in a spasm of violence: four African and European national genocides and the African war, one of the ten deadliest in history, involving nine nations, leaving 6 million dead and\u003cbr\u003e5.4 million refugees. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the collapse of empires to the rise of decolonized nation-states on the global stage, \u003cem\u003e The Twentieth Century: A World History \u003c\/em\u003eoffers a rich chronological narrative of our recent past and provides a valuable historical standpoint from which to view our twenty-first century world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eR. Keith Schoppa \u003c\/strong\u003eis Professor Emeritus of History at Loyola University Maryland, where he served as the Doehler Chair in Asian History from 1998 to 2014. His books include \u003cem\u003eIn a Sea of Bitterness and Blood Road: The Mystery of Shen Dingyi in Revolutionary China\u003c\/em\u003e, which won the 1997 Association for Asian Studies' Levenson Award.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 18, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52629807923507,"sku":"9780190497361","price":56.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/eHdXOFRnVlJJL2FNRXZhcG93MElVQT09.webp?v=1762138720","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-twentieth-century-a-world-history-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}