th
20
Century
(1914-present)
~the Contemporary Age,
the Post-Modern Period,
the American Century~
An era of accelerating global change
and realignments.
Concerns?
Periodization…mostly in line
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Political organization
◦ Nationalism
Demographics & Movement
 Trade
 Gender Roles
 Belief Systems
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◦ Environmentalism
Themes to Consider
Compare demographic trends (population
& settlement) of the developing world
with those in the developed world.
 Analyze the changes and continuities in
the role of the West 1914 to the present.
 Compare the role of women in the
developing world with those in the
developed world.
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Questions to Consider
Compare demographic
trends of the developing
& developed world.
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World Population, 400 BCE - 2000 CE
Demographics - Growth
Regions of Growth / No Growth
Nigeria
Nigeria
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population
Migration to the West after1914
Demographics - Migration
Labor migration from East Asia
continues
Demographics - Migration
Characterize the major
environmental changes &
demographic shifts
during this period.
• Rapid rural-to-urban migration caused by
rural population growth & lure of cities
◦ Sprawling
slums from
poverty
Cities & Ecosystems
CCOT in the
role of the West .
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Republic v. Communism in China
 Fascism -> Democracy in Japan
 Republic v. Communism in Korea
 Republic v. Communism in Vietnam
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East Asia
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Europe nations lose political control of
colonies & attitude justifying imperialism
◦ India v. Egypt
◦ Africa: Tropical Dependencies v. Settler
◦ South Africa
Decolonization v. Neocolonialism
Major economic shifts
Characteristics of demographic and
environmental changes
Effects
migrations
establishment of Israel as a nation-state
division of India and Pakistan
changes in birthrates and death
rates
Demographic Transition Theory
new forms of urbanization
deforestation
green/environmental movements
HIV/AIDS
growth in non-European cities nearly
half of the world's population found in
cities
loss of tropical rainforests rural
populations dependent on international
market
have voice in many Western European
parliaments; non-profit organizations in
U.S.A., e.g. Sierra Club, Greenpeace
Global Event
The World Wars
Holocaust
The Cold War
Nuclear Weaponry
International Organizations
Impact of War
Impact in General
Reduction of European influence outside of Europe (end
of imperialism)
Rise of power of the U.S.
Increase in Zionism – would affect Middle East .
Concept of “crimes against humanity”
Globalization of diplomacy and conflict;
Countries were either aligned with the “east” (Soviets -Communism) or the “west” (U.S. -- capitalism)
Global balance of power achieved because each country
recognized the other country had nuclear weapons and
they would respond – if the Soviets dropped a bomb, the
U.S. would be able to send just as many bombs to the
Soviet Union and we would all be dead!
Diplomacy at different levels
Groups for different causes and issues
League of Nations – world peace
United Nations – world peace
NATO – European and American alliance against Soviets
European Union – economic and political unity of Europe
NAFTA – economic free trade zone in North America
ASEAN – free trade zone in South East Asia
International Red Cross/Crescent – humanitarian
Amnesty International – human rights
Greenpeace – environmental
Organization of African Unity (OAU)
Central American Common Market – economic
Nonaligned Movement – 110 developing nations who seek
to cooperate on political, economic, and cultural issues.
areas outside of Europe
Africa
East Asia
Middle East
Latin America
effects of WW1
effects of WW2
effects of the Cold War
changed attitudes towards
colonization; desire for
independence
contact with other colonized
people led to increased
demands for independence
more civil wars and conflicts
with neighboring countries bc
of weapons/aid supplied by
US and USSR
Chinese leaders were
Japan became an imperialist
excluded from having a voice power. Korea and China
at Paris Peace Conference.
attacked by Japan.
Japan got territory from China
Japan didn't have to spend
money on military, so was
able to concentrate on new
industrialization. Japan
supplied U.S. during Korean
and Vietnam conflicts.
division of Ottoman
EmpireAttaturk/Modern
Turkey Armenian Genocide
Balfour Declaration HusainMcMahon Letters Lawrence of
Arabia
increased production during
war led to recession
afterwards as demand for
agricultural and manufactured
products decreased from
Europe distrust between
U.S.A. and Mexico because of
Mexico's role in drawing U.S.
into the war
creation of Israel as a nationstate importance of oil for
industrialized countries and
for OPEC nations
non-aligned movement:
Nassser, Nehru, Sukarno
importance of oil for
industrialized countries and
for OPEC nations
increased production during
war led to recession
afterwards as demand for
agricultural and manufactured
products decreased from
Europe
concern about Vargas making
Brazil part of the Axis led to
increased aid from U.S. to
Brazil
more civil wars and conflicts
with neighboring countries
because of weapons supplied
by U.
Political Change:
Communism vs.
Welfare States
Compare new patterns of
nationalism:
the interwar
years
decolonization
Examples
Types of Authority Used:
Effects of Nationalism
Italy: Mussolini
Spain: Franco
Germany: Hitler
China: Chiang Kai-shek
Japan: Tojo
Brazil: Vargas
charismatic
totalitarian state
quality of life improves for
supporters
imperialism -- invasions of
others, e.g. Italy invades
Ethiopia; Germany invades
Poland; Japan invades
Manchuria
split between Socialists and
Communists
Examples: South Asia:
Pakistan, India, Bangladesh
Africa: Nigeria, Ghana,
Algeria, Kenya, Tunisia,
Angola
Middle East: Egypt, Israel
Southeast Asia: Vietnam,
Indonesia
Gandhi (charismatic): Salt
March
Nehru (rationallegal=elections)
Nkrumah (charismatic,
traditional)
FLN (rational-legal)
Mandela (charismatic,
rational-legal)
Ho Chi Minh (charismatic,
rational-legal)
traditional, charismatic
then rational-legal when
democratic elections are
held in 1990s
non-violence used to end
British rule; independence in
1947: partition of
India/Pakistan Independence
of colonies in Africa Diem
Bien Phu; French leave
Indochina but conflict with
U.S.A. happens in 1960s
new nationalisms in
Gorbachev:
Eastern Europe and former Yeltsin:
Soviet Union
Poland:
Hungary
East Berlin/Germany
Role of nationalism
break-up of Soviet Union,
new nations
new economic and political
systems for nations in
Eastern Europe
Compare impact of major global
economic developments:
Great Depression
1930s-1940s
Question: What ultimately ended
the Great Depression?
Effects in Core/Industrialized
Countries
Effects in Periphery/Developing
Countries
bank closures capital no longer
international trade drops off shortages
available for investment so no new
in world markets nations become
businesses fewer jobs By 1932,
reluctant to depend on world trade
production drops 30% tariff barriers go
up
U.S. could no longer loan money to
Europe – European economy has
more problems
Technology
automobiles - increased demand for
oil, steel, electrical equipment, radios,
television, computers, biomedical
engineering
Dependency on manufactured goods
from industrialized countries
Pacific Rim
Japanese manufacturing overtakes
West at first with cars and then with
audio equipment; rust belt in U.S.A.
Taiwan, Korea, Singapore -- Little
Tigers China after 1980s becomes a
textile and other light manufacturing
goods exporter
As labor costs rose in industrialized
and newly industrialized countries,
factory jobs get shifted to less
industrialized areas.
Pacific Rim model for economic
development.
Multinational corporations
Globalization; wealth to capitalists;
– think clothing, entertainment, oil, loss of jobs to cheaper labor markets
car manufacturing, etc.
Globalization; more jobs, but many
“unfair”; watching the west get “rich”
off of the cheap labor they
Analyze changes and
continuities for women
from 1914-present.
20th Century Revolutions: characteristics Similarities or Differences with 19th
-- Marxist, anti-Western, peasant,
century ideas of revolution, including
religious
Marx
overthrow of Czar Nicholas II and
establishment of provisional government led
by the Duma
Lenin's forced, urban (vanguard of elite
group of leaders), Marxist-inspired revolution
as beginning of world-wide revolution
Stalin's socialism and forced industrialization
Gorbachev
Russia
effects on the roles of women
women faced hardship working 13 hours a
day women revolutionaries March 1917:
7,000 women went on strike (placed
pressure on provisional government)
collectivization wider access to education for
women, including professions like medicine
and engineering
China
overthrow of Qing dynasty
Republic of China and warlord period
Chiang Kai-shek's fascism
Mao Zedong's peasant and soldier based,
forced revolution
Deng Xiaoping
pre-Communist: arranged marriages,
concubines, selling of daughters May Fourth
Movement: women revolutionaries
Communist: Marriage Law gave women right
to choose husband and to divorce Male
children still preferred so female infanticide
or female babies given up for adoption
Cuba
Castro
women participated in revolution women in
government leadership positions but some
traditional attitudes about male dominance
still present increased opportunities for
education for women
overthrow of Mossadeq
Ayatollah Khomeni
women supported the Iranian revolution -getting rid of the Shah. loss of professional
jobs for some women a problem;
entertainment industry restricted at first
some women felt restricted by enforcement
of traditional and religious rules regarding
behavior, dress, and social contact.
Iran
Globalization or Fragmentation?