Cook / Stevenson The Routledge Companion to World History since 1914

1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-1-134-28179-4
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 592 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Companions to History

The Routledge Companion to World History since 1914 is an outstanding compendium of facts and figures on World History. Fully up-to-date, reliable and clear, this volume is the indispensable source of information on a thorough range of topics such as:

- the Arab-Israeli conflict

- anti-semitism and the Holocaust

- all the world's major famines and natural disasters since 1914

- whether all countries of the world have a king, president, prime minister or other governance

- GNP of the world's major states, year by year

- biographies of key figures

- civil rights movements

- the Vietnam War

- the rise of terrorism

- globalization.

Thematically presented, the book covers topics relevant from the First World War to the Iraq war of 2003, and from post-colonial Africa to conflicts and movements in Southeast Asia.

With maps, chronologies and full bibliography, this user-friendly reference work is the essential companion for students of history, politics and international relations, and for all those with an interest in world history.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cook, Chris

Stevenson, John

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Political History 2. Wars and International Affairs 3. Economic and Social 4. Biographies 5. Topic Bibliography