When History Accelerates: Essays on Rapid Social Change, Complexity and Creativity

343 Pages·2016·35.49 MB·English

by  C. M. Hann (ed.)

When History Accelerates
History and Politics in the 20 th Century: Bloomsbury Academic Collections
The three titles in this set, chosen from our imprints The Athlone Press and Pinter, go beyond the
history and politics of the 20th century and consider the value of looking at politics and history
using data from other disciplines to inform an understanding of large-scale global transformations.
Drawing on anthropology, archaeology, economics and philosophy – to name a few – these titles
help to highlight that the study of history and politics should never be considered in a vacuum but
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The collection is available both in e-book and print versions.
Titles in History and Politics in the 20th Century are available in the following subsets:
International Relations in the 20th Century
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Conflict in the 20th Century
Postcolonialism in the 20th Century
Multidisciplinary Approaches
Other titles available in Multidisciplinary Approaches include:
The Waves of Time: Long-Term Change and International Relations, K. R. Dark
Politics and Human Nature, edited by Ian Forbes and Steve Smith
When History Accelerates
Essays on Rapid Social Change, Complexity and Creativity
Edited by C. M. Hann
History and Politics in the 20th Century: Multidisciplinary Approaches
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WHEN HISTORY ACCELERATES
Political and Administrative Changes National 1923-50 imposed reform; one-party government 1950-70 multi-party democracy development of bureaucracy. 2 health agricultural rising demand for services policy wages labour u rise in cash falling death rise in consumption incomes; use rate; population and expectations of money explosion 1 ^ 15 fall in village resources per head 17 y y investment in occupational agriculture 21 specialisation 20 domestic cycle; decline in father's >-> separation of sons 25 authority 24
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National Growth population: 1927—13m: 1950—21m; 1970—36m GNPpercap: 1930—100; 1950—100; 1970—175 1 village national demand schools „ for carpets i pendular migration carpets: women (including European in putting-out rm migration) 19 industry . -, knowledge, beliefs and skills speculative investment permanent in urban building plots migration jg 19 CZZ women's knowledge: p-^ generation gap visits to town
Main Channels Specific Factors Women Family Kinship General Changes
When History
Accelerates
Essays on Rapid Social Change,
Complexity and Creativity
Edited by C M Hann
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