This fascinating book provides a fully integrated explanation of
the history of the modern world. Although the sheer complexity of
society requires that it be studied from the standpoint of several
social sciences (including Economics, Political Science, Sociology
and Anthropology), using only the tools of just one of these is an
obstacle to understanding the whole society, where social, economic
and political conditions are interacting all the time. The book
explains why and how modern communities have evolved from their
pre-modern, Ancien regime, states in the early eighteenth century,
to the early twenty-first century, where economic development had
reached unprecedented levels. It shows that political revolutions
have preceded economic revolutions, rather than the reverse,
although there is a considerable degree of interaction between
macroeconomic and political variables. Economic histories of the
period neglect non-economic factors such as political and legal
institutions, which from a wide perspective have a powerful impact
on economic developments.
The complexity of the world and of the times in which we live is
overwhelming and growing. Professor Tortella provides an
international approach and combines economic and social analysis
with political, cultural, and scientific issues. Topics covered
include:
- the Industrial Revolution
- capitalism and the West
- the First and Second World War
- the rise of communism and the era of Stalin
- the US depression and the Gold Standard
- social and class struggle
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