1913 : the world before the Great War by Emmerson, Charles, author instant download

1913 : the world before the Great War by Emmerson, Charles, author instant download

xiv, 528 pages : 20 cm, 1913: The World before the Great War proposes a different and more expansive portrait of 1913, returning this world to its contemporary freshness. It brings key elements u the way it was ordered, its presumptions, its expectations for the future u back to life. It paints a coherent picture without skimming over differences, or ignoring contradictions. What emerges is unexpected: more richly patterned, more diverse and more outwardly secure. Through the stories of cities from Detroit to Bombay, Winnipeg to Durban, Tokyo to Algiers, Charles Emmerson reveals a year in which a truly global society was emerging for the first time in human history, Includes bibliographical references and index, Introduction -- I. Centre of the universe : London: world city ; Paris: the eternal, the universal ; Berlin: powerhouse ; Rome: the Pope's aeroplane ; Vienna: shadows and light ; St. Petersburg : eastern colossus -- II. The old new world : Washington, DC: republic, nation, empire ; New York: metropolis ; Detroit: a model future ; Los Angeles: Boom! ; Mexico City: Monroe's bequest -- III. The world beyond : Winnipeg-Melbourne: Britain abroad ; Buenos Aires: southern star ; Algiers: the radiance of the republic ; Bombay-Durban: tapestry of empire ; Tehran: under foreign eyes ; Jerusalem: Zion and its discontents -- IV. Twilight powers : Constantinople: tides of history ; Peking-Shanghai: walking slumber ; Tokyo: rising sun ; London: beyond the horizon -- Epilogue: The afterlife of 1913