Title:
Age of revolutions : progress and backlash from 1600 to the present
Progress & backlash from 1600 to the present
Age of revolutions
Progress and backlash from 1600 to the present
Author:
Published:
2024
Format:
Books
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
xii, 383 pages : maps, portraits ; 24 cm
Summary:
The CNN host and best-selling author explores the revolutions--past and present--that define the polarized and unstable age in which we live.
"Populist rage, ideological fracture, economic and technological shocks, war, and an international system studded with catastrophic risk?the early decades of the twenty-first century may be the most revolutionary period in modern history. But it is not the first. Humans have lived, and thrived, through more than one great realignment. What are these revolutions, and how can they help us to understand our fraught world?..." --Amazon.com
Contents:
Introduction: A multitude of revolutions -- Part I. Revolutions past. The first liberal revolution ; The glorious revolution ; The failed revolution ; The mother of all revolutions ; The real American revolution -- Part II. Revolutions present. Globalization in overdrive ; Information unbound ; Revenge of the tribes ; The dual revolutions -- Conclusion: The infinite abyss.
Abstract:
The CNN host and best-selling author explores the revolutions--past and present--that define the polarized and unstable age in which we live.
"Populist rage, ideological fracture, economic and technological shocks, war, and an international system studded with catastrophic risk?the early decades of the twenty-first century may be the most revolutionary period in modern history. But it is not the first. Humans have lived, and thrived, through more than one great realignment. What are these revolutions, and how can they help us to understand our fraught world?..." --Amazon.com
ISBN:
9780393239232
