{"product_id":"the-world-in-the-long-edward-ross-dickinson-9780520285552","title":"The World in the Long Twentieth Century: An Interpretive History","description":"What can be called the long twentieth century represents the most miraculous and creative era in human history. It was also the most destructive. Over the past 150 years, modern societies across the globe have passed through an extraordinary and completely unprecedented transformation rooted in the technological developments of the nineteenth century. \u003ci\u003eThe World in the Long Twentieth Century\u003c\/i\u003e lays out a framework for understanding the fundamental factors that have shaped our world on a truly global scale, analyzing the historical trends, causes, and consequences of the key forces at work. Spanning the 1870s to the present, this book explores the making of the modern world as a connected pattern of global developments. Students will learn to think about the past two centuries as a process, a series of political and economic upheavals, technological advances, and environmental transformations that have shaped the long twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Edward Ross Dickinson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520285557\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520285552\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/12\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 7.50w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2018","brand":"Edward Ross Dickinson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43980992315647,"sku":"9780520285552","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_13736115-08eb-44ec-b989-43b92a39b879.jpg?v=1683253067","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-world-in-the-long-edward-ross-dickinson-9780520285552","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}