Remaking the Modern World 1900 - 2015 - (Blackwell History of the World) by C A Bayly (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>The sequel and companion volume to C.A. BaylyÂs ground-breaking <i>The Birth of the Modern World, 1780-1914</i>, this wide-ranging and sophisticated study explores global history since the First World War, offering a coherent, comparative overview of developments in politics, economics, and society at large.</p><ul><li> Written by one of the leading historians of his generation, an early intellectual leader in the study of World History </li><li>Weaves a clear narrative history that explores the themes of politics, economics, social, cultural, and intellectual life throughout the long twentieth century </li><li>Identifies the themes of state, capital, and communication as key drivers of change on a global scale in the last century, and explores the impact of those ideas </li><li>Interrogates whether warfare was really the pre-eminent driving force of twentieth-century history, and what other ideas shaped the course of history in this period </li><li>Explores the causes behind the resurgence of local conflict, rather than global-scale conflict, in the years since the turn of the millennium </li><li>Delves into the narrative of inequality, a story that has shaped and been shaped by the events of the last hundred years</li></ul><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Overall, the great value of this last of Christopher Bayly's books is nonetheless beyond question: <i>Remaking the Modern World</i> is truly thought provoking and speaks to may different discussions, be it on the approach of global history...or the problems and possibilities of presentist history writing.<b> Global Histories</b>, Vol. 5, No. 1 (May 2019)<br /><br /> <p>"As with <i>Birth</i>, the value of <i>Remaking</i> lies in the ways in which it re-reads many well-known topics. By placing them in a global perspective, it often ascribes to them very new meanings." -- <i>Australian Journal of Politics and History</i> Volume 66, Number 1, 2020<br /><br /></p> <p>"The book is excellent for students, historians whose expertise lies outside of modern history, and scholars of other disciplines interested in modern history, especially those not in the social sciences or humanities." -- <i>HNet: Humanities and Social Science Reviews Online</i>, August, 2021</p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><strong>C.A. Bayly</strong> (1945-2015) was Vere Harmsworth Professor of History in the University of Cambridge and a fellow of St. Catharine's College, Cambridge, from 1970 until 2015, and a leader in the field of global history. He won the Wolfson History Prize for his distinguished contribution to History in 2004 and received a knighthood for his services to the profession in 2007. Among his other significant works are <em>The Birth of the Modern World: Global Connections and Comparisons, 1780-1914</em> (Wiley, 2004); <em>Forgotten Armies: The Fall of British Asia, 1941-1945</em> (2005) and <em>Forgotten Wars: Freedom and Revolution in Southeast Asia</em> (2007), both co-authored with T.N. Harper; and <em>Recovering Liberties: Indian Thought in the Age of Liberalism</em> Empire (2012). He was a fellow of the British Academy, the Royal Historical Society, the Royal Society of Literature, and the Academia Europaea.In 2016 he became the first posthumous recipient of the Toynbee Prize.
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