| The Shock of the Global: The 1970s in Perspective Contributor(s): Ferguson, Niall (Editor), Maier, Charles S. (Editor), Manela, Erez (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0674061861 ISBN-13: 9780674061866 Publisher: Belknap Press OUR PRICE: $31.68 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Modern - 20th Century - History | World - General |
| Dewey: 909.827 |
| Physical Information: 1.17" H x 5.7" W x 8.87" (1.01 lbs) 448 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1970's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From the vantage point of the United States or Western Europe, the 1970s was a time of troubles: economic "stagflation," political scandal, and global turmoil. Yet from an international perspective it was a seminal decade, one that brought the reintegration of the world after the great divisions of the mid-twentieth century. It was the 1970s that introduced the world to the phenomenon of "globalization," as networks of interdependence bound peoples and societies in new and original ways. The 1970s saw the breakdown of the postwar economic order and the advent of floating currencies and free capital movements. Non-state actors rose to prominence while the authority of the superpowers diminished. Transnational issues such as environmental protection, population control, and human rights attracted unprecedented attention. The decade transformed international politics, ending the era of bipolarity and launching two great revolutions that would have repercussions in the twenty-first century: the Iranian theocratic revolution and the Chinese market revolution. The Shock of the Global examines the large-scale structural upheaval of the 1970s by transcending the standard frameworks of national borders and superpower relations. It reveals for the first time an international system in the throes of enduring transformations. |
Contributor Bio(s): Maier, Charles S.: - Charles S. Maier is Leverett Saltonstall Professor of History at Harvard University.Sargent, Daniel J.: - Daniel Sargent is Assistant Professor of History at the University of California, Berkeley.Adelman, Jeremy: - Jeremy Adelman is Walter Samuel Carpenter III Professor of Spanish Civilization and Culture, Princeton University.Ferguson, Niall: - Niall Ferguson is Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University and William Ziegler Professor at Harvard Business School.Manela, Erez: - Erez Manela is Professor of History, Harvard University.Borstelmann, Thomas: - Thomas Borstelmann is Elwood N. and Katherine Thompson Distinguished Professor of Modern World History, University of Nebraska.Connelly, Matthew: - Matthew Connelly is Professor of History, Columbia University.Jalal, Ayesha: - Ayesha Jalal is Mary Richardson Professor of History at Tufts University.Gavin, Francis J.: - Francis J. Gavin is Tom Slick Professor of International Affairs, LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin.Hyman, Louis: - Louis Hyman is Associate at McKinsey & Company.Preston, Andrew: - Andrew Preston is University Lecturer in History and a Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge University.Taylor, Alan M.: - Alan M. Taylor is Professor of Economics at the University of California, Davis.Kotkin, Stephen: - Stephen Kotkin is Rosengarten Professor of Modern and Contemporary History, Princeton University.Lawrence, Mark Atwood: - Mark Atwood Lawrence is Associate Professor of History, University of Texas at Austin.McNeill, J. R.: - J. R. McNeill is University Professor in the Department of History and School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.Sheehan, Rebecca J.: - Rebecca J. Sheehan is Lecturer in US History at the University of Sydney.Morgan, Michael Cotey: - Michael Cotey Morgan is Assistant Professor of History at the University of North Carolina.Nguyen, Lien-Hang T.: - Lien-Hang T. Nguyen is Assistant Professor of History, University of Kentucky.Suri, Jeremi: - Jeremi Suri is Mack Brown Distinguished Professor for Global Leadership, History, and Public Policy at the University of Texas at Austin.Olcott, Jocelyn: - Jocelyn Olcott is Associate Professor of History at Duke University.Oliveiro, Vernie: - Vernie Oliveiro is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of History, Harvard University.Westad, Odd Arne: - Odd Arne Westad is Professor of International History, London School of Economics and Political Science.Sluga, Glenda: - Glenda Sluga is Professor of International History, University of Sydney. |