Global society : the world since 1900 / Pamela Kyle Crossley, Lynn Hollen Lees, John W. Servos.

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.