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?