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• Chapter 29

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Essays

Topic A:

The Revolution in Technology

1. The Information Age: Television and Computers 1140-1143

2. The Space Age 1143-1144

3. Revolutions in Biology, Reproductive Technology, and Sexual Behavior  1144-1146

Postindustrial Society and Culture

1.  Multinational Corporations 1146-1148

2. The New Worker  1148-1150

3. The Boom in Education and Research 1150-1151

4. A Redefined Family and a Generation Gap  1151-1152

5. Art, Ideas, and Religion in a Technocratic Society 1152-1155

Protesting Cold War Conditions

1.  Cracks in the Cold War Order  1155-1158

2. The Explosion of Civic Activism 1155-1163

3. 1968: Year of Crisis  1163-1166

The Erosion of Superpower Mastery Ends the Cold War

1.  The West, the World, and the Politics of Energy 1166-1168

2. The Western Bloc Meets Challenges with Reform 1168-1173

3. Collapse of Communism in the Soviet Bloc 1173-1179

Topic B:

Global Forces

1. The Breakup of Yugoslavia 1188-1190

2. The Soviet Union Comes Apart 1190-1193

3. An Elusive Market Economy 1193-1194

4. Chechnya and Central Asian States: The Quest for Independence and Influence 1194-1195

Global Opportunities Transcend the Nation-State

1. Europe Looks beyond the Nation-State 1196-1200

2. Globalizing Cities and Fragmenting Nations 1200-1201

3. Global Organizations 1201

Global Challenges and Discontents

1. Pollution and Population  1202-1204

2. Population and Disease 1204-1206

3. North versus South?  1206-1207

4. Islam Confronts the West 1207-1209

5. The Rise of the Pacific Economy 1209-1210

Global Culture and Society in the New Millennium

1. Redefining the West: The Impact of Global Migration 1211-1214

2. Global Networks and the Economy 1214-1216

3. The Global Diffusion of Culture 1216-1220