The Twentieth-Century World, 1914 to the Present

Corballys superbly accessible account of the grave challenges faced by the world and its inhabitants during the twentieth century will make this an ideal textbook for students. This is global history from the bottom up that allows us to understand why and how people across the world experienced increasing levels of inequality and environmental degradation. * James Vernon, Professor of History, University of California, Berkeley, USA * The Twentieth-Century World is a fine book, clearly written, persuasively argued, and offering a new approach to global history across the last 100 years. The perspective is resolutely bottom-up, seeing the great transformations of politics, economics, intellectual life, and technology from the point of view of ordinary people around the world. * Ian Morris, Jean and Rebecca Willard Professor of Classics, Stanford University, USA *

John C. Corbally is Professor of History at Diablo Valley College, USA, where he teaches World History, Critical Thinking and European History. Following a B.A. in European History and an M.A. in World History from San Francisco State University, Dr Corbally completed a PhD at UC Davis within four years. He taught history and humanities courses at Stanford for five years, and British, Irish, European, and World History at UC Berkeley, UC Davis and Mills College amongst others.

What is this Book? Introduction 1. Power in the Twentieth Century: Politics 2. Wealth and its Distribution: Twentieth Century Economics 3. Beliefs and Ideologies: Religion and Philosophy in the Twentieth Century 4. Utopia and Dystopia: Twentieth Century Technology 5. Exploitation and Inequality: Twentieth Century Environment Epilogue: The Twentieth Century Index