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Es sind ja nicht nur die großen Katastrophen, die das 20. Jahrhundert geprägt haben: Der I. und II. Weltkrieg, Atombombenabwurf, Vietnamkrieg. Aus einer distanzierteren Perspektive, die nicht allein auf die Kriege der westlichen Nationen schaut, erkennt man, dass kein Jahrhundert zuvor eine solche Geschwindigkeit und ein solches Ausmaß an Veränderungen mit sich gebracht hat wie das 20. Jahrhundert. Bei der Pariser Weltausstellung 1900 fuhren d...

In The Twentieth Century: A World History, R. Keith Schoppa offers a window into one of the most turbulent and exciting periods in world history. Through a global lens spanning Africa, the Middle East, Russia, Asia and the Pacific, Europe, and the Americas, this volume traces the major developments of the twentieth century from the rise of globalization to the dawn of the digital age, from the Great War (1914-1918) to the "great war in Africa"...

In The Twentieth Century: A World History, R. Keith Schoppa offers a window into one of the most turbulent and exciting periods in world history. Through a global lens spanning Africa, the Middle East, Russia, Asia and the Pacific, Europe, and the Americas, this volume traces the major developments of the twentieth century from the rise of globalization to the dawn of the digital age, from the Great War (1914-1918) to the "great war in Africa"...

A comprehensive study of China from the last quarter of the eighteenth century to 2018, Revolution and Its Past is a fascinating and dramatic narrative. Supported by maps, images, tables and further reading suggestions, it is the ideal textbook for all students of the history of modern China.

A comprehensive study of China from the last quarter of the eighteenth century to 2018, Revolution and Its Past is a fascinating and dramatic narrative. Supported by maps, images, tables and further reading suggestions, it is the ideal textbook for all students of the history of modern China.

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The Japanese invasion of Shanghai in 1937 led 30 million Chinese to flee their homes in terror, and live--in the words of artist and writer Feng Zikai--"in a sea of bitterness" as refugees. Keith Schoppa paints a comprehensive picture of the refugee experience in one province, Zhejiang, where the Japanese launched notorious campaigns.

China, the world's oldest and most populous state, remains an enigma to most people in the West, even at a time when that country is playing an increasingly prominent role on the international stage. At the heart of modern Chinese history have been the efforts of the Chinese people to transform their polity into a modern nation state, the Confucian orthodoxy into an ideology that can help direct that process, and an agrarian economy into an in...

Appropriate as a main text for courses in modern Chinese history, politics, society, and culture, also suitable as a supplementary text for courses in East Asian civilization, world history, and world civilization. Unlike other texts on modern Chinese history, which tend to be either encyclopedic or too pedantic, "Revolution and Its Past " Identities and Change in Modern Chinese History, 3/e, "is comprehensive but concise, focused on the most ...

Through a beautiful and compelling narrative, Schoppa traces the lives and history at Xiang Lake, a reservoir from its creation in 1112 to the present