The Most Recent Century
1900-2010
Chapter 21 The Collapse and Recovery of Europe 1900-1970s
Chapter Learning Objectives • To examine the history of Europe between 1910 and the 1970s as an organic whole made up of closely interconnected parts • To consider the repercussions of nationalism and colonialism in Europe and Japan • To increase student awareness of the effects of the two world wars • To help students imagine the appeal of totalitarian movements in the twentieth century
Chapter 22 The Rise and Fall of World Communism 1900–Present
Chapter Learning Objectives • To examine the nature of the Russian and Chinese revolutions and how the differences between those revolutions affected the introduction of communist regimes in those countries • To consider how communist states developed, especially in the USSR and the People’s Republic of China • To consider the benefits of a communist state • To consider the harm caused by the two great communist states of the twentieth century • To introduce students to the cold war and its major issues • To explore the reasons why communism collapsed in the USSR and China • To consider how we might assess the communist experience . . . and to inquire if historians should be asking such questions about moral judgment
Chapter 23 Independence and Development in the Global South 1900–Present
Chapter Learning Objectives • To explore the breakup of imperial systems in the twentieth century • To consider, through the examples of India and South Africa, how the process of decolonization worked • To examine the challenges that faced developing nations in the second half of the twentieth century • To investigate the potential clash of tradition with modernity in the developing nations, especially considering the case of Islam in Turkey and Iran
Chapter 24 Accelerating Global Interaction Since 1945
Chapter Learning Objectives • To consider the steps since