ABSTRACT

This book is a collage of human experiences made from overlapping pieces and woven together by themes of crises, revolution, and change, aiming to raise issues that people in the twentieth-century world tried to address.

part One

The Early Century

chapter 1|26 pages

The Paradoxes of Modernization

chapter 2|26 pages

Imperialism and Colonial Rule

chapter 3|24 pages

Materialism and the Crisis of Capitalism

chapter 4|22 pages

Revolutions Before Bolshevism

chapter 5|26 pages

Bolshevism Reshapes Revolution

chapter 6|26 pages

Fascism and the Holocaust

part Two|108 pages

The Later Century

chapter 7|30 pages

Independence

Achievement and Continuing Struggle

chapter 8|28 pages

Peasants and Peasant Revolts

chapter 9|24 pages

1968 and New Radical Visions

part Three|128 pages

Century-Long Themes

chapter 11|26 pages

Feminism in the Modern World

chapter 12|26 pages

War and Peace

chapter 13|24 pages

Science

Giant Leaps for Humankind, with Misgivings

chapter 14|24 pages

Population Growth

chapter 15|22 pages

Nations at Risk

chapter |6 pages

Conclusion

Century’s End