TY - BOOK AU - Crossley,Pamela Kyle AU - Lees,Lynn Hollen AU - Servos,John W. TI - Global society: the world since 1900 SN - 9781111835378 (pbk.) PY - 2012/// CY - Boston, MA PB - Wadsworth, Cengage Learning KW - History, Modern KW - 20th century KW - 21st century N1 - Previous ed.: Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2008; Includes bibliographical references and index; pt. 1; Old and new empires, 1900-1919; ch. 1; The world in 1900; ch. 2; Imperialism encompasses the Pacific, 1900-1914; ch. 3; Great War, little peace, 1914-1919 --; pt. 2; Struggles for supremacy, 1919-1945; ch. 4; Internationalism, empire, and autarchy, 1919-1929; ch. 5; Knowing and doing : science and technology, 1919-1939; ch. 6; The economic consequences of war and peace, 1919-1938; ch. 7; The murderous politics of the 1930s; ch. 8; From regional wars to global confl8ict, 1936-1946 --; pt. 3; Rise and fall of the bipolar order, 1946-1981; ch. 9; From the United Nationas to a bipolar world, 1945-1953; ch. 10; Two poles and perpetual crisis, 1950-1964; ch. 11; Border crossings, 1946-1975; ch. 12; The many dialects of rebellion, 1960-1975; ch. 13; Dente to disarray : the breakdown of the world, 1969-1981 --; pt. 4; Emergence of new global systems from 1981; ch. 14; Reconfigurations of power, 1981-1991; ch. 15; Global society in the new millenium ER -