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A Dictionary of Contemporary World History
From 1900 to the present day
Third Edition
Jan Palmowski
784 pages
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b/w maps
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196x129mm
978-0-19-929566-1
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Paperback
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10 January 2008
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- Fully updated and revised: over 2,600 entries cover global events from 1900 right up to the present day
- Includes entry-level web links, updated via a companion website to ensure that they remain contemporary
- International coverage with detailed and up-to-date entries for every country in the world, now with extended sections on historical context
- Subject entries on organizations, treaties, religious and political movements, as well as key incidents, places, and battles
- Expanded biographical entries on political, cultural, and military leaders, and the thinkers who have influenced events
- Useful tables including lists of office-holders for countries and organizations and winners of the Nobel Peace Prize
New to this edition - Extended country entries with additional coverage of historical context
- Entry-level web links, updated via a companion website to ensure that they remain contemporary
- New and expanded biographical entries on figures such as Angela Merkel and President 'Lula' of Brazil
- Enchanced coverage of the European Union, charting its development and international role
This authoritative dictionary provides in-depth coverage of major recent historical events, from 1900 to the present day. It includes country entries for every country in the world, with maps and historical summaries. Additionally, the dictionary includes biographical entries on major political and cultural figures, political and military leaders, and the thinkers who influenced events. Subject entries cover international organizations, treaties, religious and political movements, as well as key incidents, places, and military conflict.
The new edition has been fully revised and updated, and boasts a
wealth of new material including entry-level web links updated via a companion website to ensure that they remain contemporary, extended coverage of historical context in the country entries, and new and expanded biographical entries on figures such as Angela Merkel and President 'Lula' of Brazil.
With over 2,600 entries, all written by an authority in the field, this is a comprehensive reference work that will prove invaluable to a range of readers from students of history, politics, and international relations, to anyone with an interest in the modern world.Readership: Academics and students of politics, history, and international relations, and in related fields such as journalism;
professional journalists, politicians, and civil servants; the general reader interested in politics, international relations, and recent world history.
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Jan Palmowski, King's College, London
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"Extremely useful though infuriatingly hard to put down." - David Sinclair, Tribune
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Acknowledgements
Preface
The Dictionary
Maps
Austria-Hungary and its successor states
Ottoman Empire, 1912-14
British Empire, 1914
French Empire, 1914
Soviet Union and its successor states
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The specification in this catalogue, including without limitation price, format, extent, number of illustrations, and month of publication, was as accurate as possible at the time the catalogue was compiled. Occasionally, due to the nature of some contractual restrictions, we are unable to ship a specific product to a particular territory. Jacket images are provisional and liable to change before publication.
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