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Essays on Twentieth-Century History
Michael Adas
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Description for Essays on Twentieth-Century History
Hardback. Probing the paradoxes of "the long twentieth century"--from unprecedented human opportunity and deprivation to the rise of the United States as a hegemon Editor(s): Adas, Michael; Brier, Stephen. Series: Critical Perspectives on the Past Series. Num Pages: 350 pages, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 612.
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Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
Series
Critical Perspectives on the Past Series
Number of Pages
350
Place of Publication
Philadelphia PA, United States
ISBN
9781439902691
SKU
V9781439902691
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About Michael Adas
Michael Adas is Abraham E. Voorhees Professor of History and Board of Governor's Chair, Rutgers University at New Brunswick. He is the author of numerous books and articles, including Machines as the Measure of Men, which won the Dexter prize in 1991, and more recently Dominance by Design. He is the co-author (with Peter Stearns and Stuart Schwartz), of World ... Read more
Reviews for Essays on Twentieth-Century History
"This collection of essays is part of a larger attempt to overturn the problematic periodization of the twentieth century that - at least in the schema of the global narrative - tends to serve as a coda to the nineteenth century... Essays on Twentieth-Century History has considerable value in teaching at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. In both instances, ... Read more