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1914-PresentA period of increasing global
interaction
Periodization
• Why 1914?
• What happened in 1914?
• What were the results of that event?
Changing Ideologies
• Economic vs. political
• Socialism—Scientific, UtopianInternational Marxism
• Communism
• Fascism—Totalitarianism
• Representative Democracy
Revolutions
• How do they differ from the 18th and 19th C revolutions?
• New ideologies
Mexican Revolution
Russian Revolution
“Peace, Bread, and Land”
Chinese Revolution
Chinese Communist Revolution
Iran: Islamic Revolution, 1979
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A New Age of Conflict
• Role of technology—the impact on war and vice versa
• Continued impact of disease
• Nationalism connection
• Balance of power politics vs. ethnic nationalism
World War 1—The Great War
World War II—the Eastern Front
World War II—the Pacific War
World War II—Globally
The Cold War
International Organizations
Struggles for Independence
• Ireland
• Zimbabwe
• Bosnia
• Vietnam
• India
• Etc.
New Patterns of Nationalism
• Fascism
• Genocide
• Passivism
• Communism
• Global citizen
International Terrorism
Decolonization
• Long, painful processresistance, Treaty of Versailles, protests, gradual or sudden…
• Colonial legacy
Independence
Colonial Legacy
• Mixed relationships
• Religions
• Languages
Global Economies
• Global Depression• North and South orientation• Interdependence• Emergence of the Pacific Rim• Globalization
– NAFTA, WTO– Consumerism – Religious response
Global Economics
Global Economics
World GDP Map
Human Rights
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948
• Genocide Convention, 1948– Armenian 1918– Jewish Holocaust 1930s-1940s– Cambodia 1975-1979– Rwanda 1994– Currently??
Genocide
Social Reform
• Rise of feminism
• Global civil rights movements
• Anti-Apartheid movement in South Africa
• Class, religious, racial, gender, etc. reforms worldwide
Human Environmental Interaction
• Continued urbanization
• Deforestation
• Ozone depletion
• Global warming
• Global environmental efforts
Demographics
• World population 6.5 billion and rising
• Global Impact
World Population
Conclusions• Impact of technology?• Role of international organizations?• Challenges?• Universal truths?• What is the best model for studying increased
intercultural contacts in the 20th/21st centuries?• What are the advantages/disadvantages of using
units of analysis in the 20th C., such as the nation, the world, the West, the developing world, etc?