Essays on twentieth century history
By: edited by Michael Peter Adas for the American Historical Association.
Contributors: Adas, Michael, 1943-; American Historical Association.
Series: Critical perspectives on the past
Publisher: Temple University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9781439902691; 9781439902707; 9781439902714
Subjects: History, Modern -- 20th century; Twentieth century; Social history -- 20th century; World politics -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: World migration in the long twentieth century / Jose Moya and Adam McKeown; title: Twentieth century urbanization : in search of an urban paradigm for an urban world / Howard Spodek; title: Women in the twentieth century world / Bonnie G. Smith; title: The gendering of human rights in the international systems of law in the twentieth century / Jean H. Quataert; title: The impact of the two world wars in a century of violence / John H. Morrow, Jr.; title: Locating the United States in twentieth-century world history / Carl J. Guarneri; title: The technopolitics of Cold War : towards a transregional perspective / Gabrielle Hecht and Paul N. Edwards; title: A century of environmental transitions / Richard P. Tucker.