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The world crisis, c. 1900-1930 : Europe and the 'Middle East' -- The world crisis, c. 1900-30 : Africa, Asia and beyond -- Authoritarianism and dictatorship worldwide, c. 1900-50 -- Democracies and their discontents, c. 1900-50 -- The depression : state intervention and popular resistance -- The Second World War and its consequences -- Peripheral conflicts and the end of old regimes, c. 1945-55 -- America's hegemony and colonialism's finale, mid-1950s to 1970s -- The 'tipping point' : world politics and the shock of the 'long 1980s' -- The expansion of human knowledge : the Twentieth century person and society -- The self and human society -- Arts, literature and entertainment : crisis and recovery -- Religion : contestation and revival -- A century of killing and a century of crime -- Internationalism and trans-nationalism in theory and practice -- The shadow of empire in the modern world -- The pressure of people -- Between two centuries : economic liberalisation and political fragmentation, c. 1991 to 2015

In a penetrating account of the evolution of British intelligence gathering in India, C. A. Bayly shows how networks of Indian spies were recruited by the British to secure military, political and social information about their subjects. He also examines the social and intellectual origins of these 'native informants', and considers how the colonial authorities interpreted and often misinterpreted the information they supplied. It was such misunderstandings which ultimately contributed to the failure of the British to anticipate the rebellions of 1857. The author argues, however, that even before this, complex systems of debate and communication were challenging the political and intellectual dominance of the European rulers

Christopher Baylys weltumspannender Blick auf das Agieren der Staaten, die vielfältigen Ausprägungen von Gesellschaftsordnungen, Religionen und Lebensweisen zeigt auf verblüffende Weise, wie eng schon im 19. Jahrhundert die Entwicklung Europas mit dem Geschehen in den anderen Erdteilen verknüpft war. »Ein mutiger Wurf, der geeignet ist, eingefahrene Sichtweisen aufzubrechen.« Johannes Willms, Süddeutsche Zeitung »Dieses Werk schafft ein neues Geschichtsbild; wie viele Bücher können das schon von sich behaupten?« Frankfurter Rundschau Ausgezeichnet als "Historisches Buch des Jahres" der Zeitschrift DAMALSAusgezeichnet von H-Soz-u-Kult als "Das Historische Buch 2007" in der Kategorie "Entangled History"