{"product_id":"remaking-the-modern-world-1900-2015-global-connections-and-comparisons-9781405187169","title":"Remaking the Modern World 1900 - 2015: Global Connections and Comparisons","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe sequel and companion volume to C.A. Bayly's ground-breaking \u003ci\u003eThe Birth of the Modern World, 1780-1914\u003c\/i\u003e, this wide-ranging and sophisticated study explores global history since the First World War, offering a coherent, comparative overview of developments in politics, economics, and society at large.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eWritten by one of the leading historians of his generation, an early intellectual leader in the study of World History\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWeaves a clear narrative history that explores the themes of politics, economics, social, cultural, and intellectual life throughout the long twentieth century\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIdentifies the themes of state, capital, and communication as key drivers of change on a global scale in the last century, and explores the impact of those ideas\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eInterrogates whether warfare was really the pre-eminent driving force of twentieth-century history, and what other ideas shaped the course of history in this period\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the causes behind the resurgence of local conflict, rather than global-scale conflict, in the years since the turn of the millennium\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDelves into the narrative of inequality, a story that has shaped and been shaped by the events of the last hundred years\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart of The Blackwell History of the World Series\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe goal of this ambitious series is to provide an accessible source of knowledge about the entire human past, for every curious person in every part of the world. It will comprise some two dozen volumes, of which some provide synoptic views of the history of particular regions while others consider the world as a whole during a particular period of time. The volumes are narrative in form, giving balanced attention to social and cultural history (in the broadest sense) as well as to institutional development and political change. Each provides a systematic account of a very large subject, but they are also both imaginative and interpretative. The Series is intended to be accessible to the widest possible readership, and the accessibility of its volumes is matched by the style of presentation and production.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eC.A. Bayly\u003c\/strong\u003e (1945-2015) was Vere Harmsworth Professor of History in the University of Cambridge and a fellow of St. Catharine's College, Cambridge, from 1970 until 2015, and a leader in the field of global history. He won the Wolfson History Prize for his distinguished contribution to History in 2004 and received a knighthood for his services to the profession in 2007. Among his other significant works are \u003cem\u003eThe Birth of the Modern World: Global Connections and Comparisons, 1780-1914\u003c\/em\u003e (Wiley, 2004); \u003cem\u003eForgotten Armies: The Fall of British Asia, 1941-1945\u003c\/em\u003e (2005) and \u003cem\u003eForgotten Wars: Freedom and Revolution in Southeast Asia\u003c\/em\u003e (2007), both co-authored with T.N. Harper; and \u003cem\u003eRecovering Liberties: Indian Thought in the Age of Liberalism\u003c\/em\u003e Empire (2012). He was a fellow of the British Academy, the Royal Historical Society, the Royal Society of Literature, and the Academia Europaea.In 2016 he became the first posthumous recipient of the Toynbee Prize.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50334513627410,"sku":"9781405187169","price":57.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3a810cdc-8119-4500-af2f-cad74bd726a9.jpg?v=1727890239","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/remaking-the-modern-world-1900-2015-global-connections-and-comparisons-9781405187169","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}