The World Transformed: 1945 to the Present

Through its lively and accessible narrative, The World Transformed: 1945 to Present provides students with an account of the political, socio-economic, and cultural developments that have shaped global events since 1945. The book's focus on three central and profoundly interconnected stories--the unfolding of the Cold War, the growth of the international economy, and the developing world's quest for political and economic independence--offers students a framework for understanding the past and making sense of the present. Attentive to overarching themes, individual historical figures, and diverse nations--and now substantially revised with a new Part 4 that examines world events since 1990--The World Transformed, Second Edition, is ideal for courses on post-1945 world history, international relations, or global topics.

• The World Transformed, 1945 to the Present: A Documentary Reader
• Plutopia: Nuclear Families, Atomic Cities, and the Great Soviet and American Plutonium Disasters
• Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography--The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa
• Under a Cruel Star: A Life in Prague, 1941-1968
• Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World (Politics of Place)
• The World and a Very Small Place in Africa
• Main Street and Empire: The Fictional Small Town in the Age of Globalization (The American Literatures Initiative)
• A World of Nations: The International Order Since 1945
• Collins Atlas of 20th Century History
• Second Class Citizen