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An edition of 1913 (2013)

1913

in search of the world before the Great War

1st ed.

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  • 1 Have read

"Today, 1913 is inevitably viewed through the lens of 1914: as the last year before a war that would shatter the global economic order and tear Europe apart, undermining its global pre-eminence. Our perspective narrowed by hindsight, the world of that year is reduced to its most frivolous features... In this illuminating history, Charles Emmerson liberates the world of 1913 from this "prelude to war" narrative, and explores it as it was, in all its richness and complexity. Traveling from Europe's capitals, then at the height of their global reach, to the emerging metropolises of Canada and the United States, the imperial cities of Asia and Africa, and the boomtowns of Australia and South America, he provides a panoramic view of a world crackling with possibilities, its future still undecided, its outlook still open." -- front cover flap.

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Language
English
Pages
526

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Subjects

Nineteen thirteen, A.D., Modern History, History, modern, 20th century, Twentieth century, Nya tiden, Historia, World politics, Great powers, History, Social conditions

Times

20th century
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Cover of: 1913
1913: In Search of the World Before the Great War
2014, PublicAffairs
in English
Cover of: 1913
1913: the world before the Great War
2013, Bodley Head
in English
Cover of: 1913
1913: in search of the world before the Great War
2013, PublicAffairs
in English - 1st ed.
Cover of: 1913
1913: in Search of the World Before the Great War
2013, PublicAffairs
in English
Cover of: 1913
1913: In Search of the World Before the Great War
2013, PublicAffairs
in English
Cover of: 1913
1913: The World Before the Great War
2013, Penguin Random House
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Table of Contents

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 Work: 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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [495]-501) and index.

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Other Titles
Nineteen-thirteen, In search of the world before the great war

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Dewey Decimal Class
909.82/1
Library of Congress
D422 .E66 2013, D422.E66 2013

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiv, 526 p.
Number of pages
526

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27147499M
Internet Archive
1913insearchofwo0000emme
ISBN 10
1610392566
ISBN 13
9781610392563
LCCN
2013935895
OCLC/WorldCat
808413578

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