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20 th Century and Beyond or The Contemporary Era 1900 – Present

20 th Century and Beyond or The Contemporary Era 1900 – Present. Why 1900? The Age of Empires has passed…but what is next??. Revolutions. New ideas about class and property, land reform New Political Innovation Wider use of democracy

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20 th Century and Beyond or The Contemporary Era 1900 – Present

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  1. 20th Century and Beyond or The Contemporary Era1900 – Present Why 1900? The Age of Empires has passed…but what is next??

  2. Revolutions • New ideas about class and property, land reform • New Political Innovation • Wider use of democracy • Totalitarian govs – communist or fascist (full control over society) • Authoritarianism (including one-party rule) • How did this differ from 18th and 19th century?

  3. A New Age of Conflict • Role of technology • Military • Global communications • Continued Impact of Disease • Connection of Nationalism to conflict • Decolonization • Former colonies developing a military • Cultural clashes: • Nationalism • Marxism • Western consumerism • Religion

  4. World Population Demographic explosion: Inevitably lead to the exhaustion of resources? Battles for space? Pollution? Or will it prove to be self-correcting?

  5. Big Changes: Globalization • Multinational corporations • Pollution

  6. Continuities • Industrial control over Africa, Latin America & Southeast Asia • Especially exports • Resistance to change • Some combination w/traditions • McD’s vegetarian menu in India • Most countries retained traditional approaches • US isolationism • Chinese attack on religious movement • Women’s rights in the Middle East

  7. Changes to Daily Life • Changes to social/cultural passivity • Mao: urged peasants to forget traditional attitude & show anger • Emotional attachments to children increased • Chinese one-child policy • Consumerism • McD’s had to train Russian employees in smiling & cheerfulness

  8. Unit Breakdown • World War I • Interwar Period • Anticolonialism • New regimes in Italy, Germany & Russia • Economic Depressions • World War II • The Cold War • 21st Century Latin America • Decolonization & Developments in Africa, Southeast Asia & the Middle East • East Asia & the Pacific Rim • Transition from 20th-21st Century (globalization)

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