Twentieth Century World Author:Carter Vaughn Findley This chronological overview of world history since 1914 presents coverage of the Western and non-Western world and uses four themes to provide continuity. These themes are: global interrelatedness - the shift from colonies to interdependence; disequilibrium among societies - a clash that has occurred with the expansion of European and US influen... more »ce; the rise of mass society - sometimes in the form of democracy, but more often mass-based dictatorship; and technology and nature - resulting in mankind's power to destroy the earth. Representing ideas introduced in Chapter 1, the four themes are integrated throughout and reprised in the final chapter. Issues and events are presented in terms of their global impact, as the authors provide balanced coverage of both developed and developing countries.« less