The sequel and companion volume to C.A. Bayly's ground-breaking The Birth of the Modern World, 1780-1914, this wide-ranging and sophisticated study explores global history since the First World War, offering a coherent, comparative overview of developments in politics, economics, and society at large.
- Written by one of the leading historians of his generation, an early intellectual leader in the study of World History
- Weaves a clear narrative history that explores the themes of politics, economics, social, cultural, and intellectual life throughout the long twentieth century
- Identifies the themes of state, capital, and communication as key drivers of change on a global scale in the last century, and explores the impact of those ideas
- Interrogates whether warfare was really the pre-eminent driving force of twentieth-century history, and what other ideas shaped the course of history in this period
- Explores the causes behind the resurgence of local conflict, rather than global-scale conflict, in the years since the turn of the millennium
- Delves into the narrative of inequality, a story that has shaped and been shaped by the events of the last hundred years
Author(s): C. A. Bayly
Series: Blackwell History of the World
Publisher: Blackwell/John Wiley & Sons
Year: 2018
Language: English
Pages: 423
Tags: 20th Century World History
Remaking The Modern World 1900–2015: Global Connections and Comparisons......Page 1
Contents......Page 7
List of Figures and Photo Credits......Page 9
Series Editor's Preface......Page 11
Christopher Bayly and the Making of World History......Page 15
Preface......Page 21
Introduction......Page 23
The Challenges to Global History: Events and Ideas......Page 24
The Challenges to Global History: Historians and their Doubts......Page 26
The Motors of Change......Page 28
Chapter 1: The World Crisis, c.1900-1930: Europe and the ``Middle East´´......Page 34
The World Before War: Idealism, Communitarianism and Radicalism......Page 37
The First World War: Europe and the American Intervention......Page 39
The Crucible of War: The Eastern and Western Fronts......Page 41
Decentring the World Crisis: South-Eastern Europe and the ``Middle East´´......Page 43
Reflections, Comparisons and Differences......Page 49
Chapter 2: The World Crisis, c.1900-1930: Africa, Asia and Beyond......Page 51
Decentring the War Continued: Africa, Iran and Afghanistan......Page 52
India and the War: The Creation of a People......Page 55
Decentring the War in East Asia: China and Japan, Nationalism and the New Imperialism......Page 57
The British Dominions and the Americas......Page 60
Converging Global Crises 1911-1926: Returning to Europe......Page 63
The Social Consequences of Conflict: Governmentality and Revolt......Page 65
Chapter 3: Authoritarianism and Dictatorship Worldwide, c.1900-1950......Page 71
Nazism, Fascism and Communism: Distant Relatives?......Page 72
Authoritarian Rule in the Middle East......Page 75
Authoritarian Rule in East Asia......Page 77
Authoritarianism, Fascism and Nazism in the West......Page 80
Back to Communism......Page 85
A Typology of Early-Twentieth-Century Authoritarianism?......Page 87
Chapter 4: Democracies and Their Discontents, c.1900-1950......Page 89
The Impact of War and the Progress of Democracy: Britain and the United States......Page 91
War and Depression: The British Dominions......Page 95
Representation and Rights Among ``Subject Peoples´´......Page 97
Democracy on the Rack in Continental Europe: The 1930s......Page 100
Conclusion: Democracy and Its Travails......Page 104
Chapter 5: The Depression: State Intervention and Popular Resistance......Page 106
The Origin and Spread of the Depression......Page 107
India, Australia and Africa: The Pains of Colonial Dependence and the Advantages of Autonomy......Page 109
Germany, Latin America and Japan: Economic Crisis and the Drift to Authoritarianism......Page 112
The United States and the World: A Paradigm Shift?......Page 115
The Interwar Years: Historians, Economists and Their Differences......Page 116
Chapter 6: The Second World War and its Consequences......Page 118
Decentralising the World Crisis Again: Part I......Page 120
The War in Europe and Asia, 1939-1942: Part II......Page 123
The Climax of the World Crisis, 1942-1948: Part III......Page 127
The Small Wars Beneath......Page 129
The Broader Consequences of the War, Part I: The Political......Page 131
The Broader Consequences of the War, Part II: The Economic......Page 134
The Broader Consequences of the War, Part III: Social and Moral......Page 136
Chapter 7: Peripheral Conflicts and the End of Old Regimes, c.1945-1955......Page 140
The Small Wars Beneath Continued, Part I: Israel and the Arab World......Page 141
The Small Wars Beneath Continued, Part II: Asia and Independence......Page 143
The Small Wars Beneath Continued, Part III: Africa and Beyond......Page 148
The Fate of the Major Combatants, Part I: Europe, c.1945-1955......Page 150
The Fate of the Major Combatants, Part II: The Americas......Page 155
The Fate of the Major Combatants, Part III: Japan......Page 158
Conclusion: An Age of Forced Compromise......Page 159
Chapter 8: America's Hegemony and Colonialism's Finale, mid-1950s to 1970s......Page 161
America Regnant......Page 162
The Struggle with ``World Communism´´......Page 165
The Fate of ``Democratic Socialism´´ in the New States: South Asia......Page 171
Africa: The End of Colonialism and the Trials of Nation States......Page 174
The Travails and Resurgence of Europe......Page 178
Latin America and the Caribbean: Revolution and Reaction......Page 181
Conclusion......Page 182
Chapter 9: The ``Tipping Point´´: World Politics and the Shock of the ``Long 1980s´´......Page 184
The Fall of the Soviet Union and Communist Eastern Europe......Page 186
Islamic Revival and Sectarian Conflict......Page 189
China and East Asia: A Revolution Contained......Page 191
India: The Decline of a Centralised Economy......Page 193
The Americas, Europe and South Africa: Liberation or the Legitimation of Social Inequality?......Page 194
Conclusion......Page 199
Chapter 10: The Expansion of Human Knowledge: The Twentieth-Century Person and Society......Page 201
The Sciences and the Reconsideration of the Universe......Page 202
History, Archaeology and the Human Imagination......Page 205
Knowledge and the Person: Anthropology......Page 208
Economics and Sociology......Page 211
Sources of the Self Worldwide......Page 216
Twentieth-Century Sciences of the Mind......Page 218
Moulding the Person for Society: Gender and Sexuality......Page 221
Educating and Disciplining the Person for Society......Page 227
Sport: A Window on the Twentieth Century?......Page 231
Sociality, Communication and the Craze for Possession......Page 233
Conclusion: The Twentieth-Century Person......Page 236
Chapter 12: Arts, Literature and Entertainment: Crisis and Recovery......Page 237
The Terror of War and the Creativity of Peace......Page 240
Making the ``New Man´´ Through Art and Literature......Page 243
Post War in the West: Experimentation and the Reconstitution of the Classical......Page 246
Popular Music and the Rise of Youth......Page 248
At the Turn of the Twenty-First Century......Page 250
Chapter 13: Religion: Contestation and Revival......Page 253
The Expansion of ``World Religions´´......Page 254
Religion Contested: Burgeoning Cults and the Threat of Communism......Page 255
The Trials of Christianity, c.1900 to 1970......Page 262
``Leaps of Faith´´: The Late Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries......Page 266
Chapter 14: A Century of Killing and a Century of Crime......Page 269
``Ethnic Cleansing´´ Before the Holocaust......Page 271
The Holocaust and its Memory......Page 272
Killing, Ethnic Cleansing and the New States......Page 275
The 1990s Generation and Humanitarian (Non)-Intervention......Page 277
The ``Downsizing´´ of Killing and the Small Wars of Fragmentation......Page 278
A Century of Crime and Criminal Killing......Page 280
Chapter 15: Internationalism and Transnationalism in Theory and Practice......Page 285
Alternative Internationalisms......Page 287
Internationalism and Individual Rights after 1945......Page 289
Chapter 16: The Shadow of Empire in the Modern World......Page 292
Empire, the European World and the Redefinition of Race......Page 293
The Residual Colonialism of Language......Page 296
Political Representation and the Consolidation of Religious and Ethnic Difference......Page 300
Colonialism's Shadow in Economics and Social Control......Page 303
Economics and Empire......Page 306
Chapter 17: The Pressure of People......Page 309
The Stagnation of Population: Western Europe, Japan and Russia......Page 311
Pressures on the Human Body......Page 313
Human Population and the Elimination of Other Species......Page 315
Alleviating the Pressure of People......Page 317
Chapter 18: Between Two Centuries: Economic Liberalisation and Political Fragmentation, c.1991 to 2015......Page 320
The Small Wars of Fragmentation Redoubled: The West, Africa and the Muslim World......Page 321
The Spectre of Jihadism and Further Humanitarian Intervention......Page 323
Why Conflicts Racked the Muslim World......Page 325
Small Wars of Fragmentation Redoubled: Africa and Latin America......Page 327
The Triumph and Crisis of Capitalism......Page 328
Globalisation, Prosperity and Crisis......Page 336
The Pains of Globalisation and the Return of the National......Page 340
Conclusion: Periods and Prophecy......Page 345
The Person and the Self......Page 349
Society and Economy......Page 350
The Triumph of Human Imagination......Page 353
Notes......Page 355
Bibliography......Page 385
Index......Page 401
End User License Agreement......Page 423
