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Strange Rebels : 1979 and the Birth of the 21st Century by Christian Caryl is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Strange Rebels : 1979 and the Birth of the 21st Century about?
Few moments in history have seen as many seismic transformations as 1979. That single year marked the emergence of revolutionary Islam as a political force on the world stage, the beginning of market revolutions in China and Britain that would fuel globalization and radically alter the international economy, and the first stirrings of the resistance movements in Eastern Europe and Afghanistan that ultimately led to the collapse of the Soviet Union. More than any other year in the latter half of the twentieth century, 1979 heralded the economic, political, and religious realities that define the twenty-first. In Strange Rebels, veteran journalist Christian Caryl shows how the world we live in today -- and the problems that plague it -- began to take shape in this pivotal year. 1979, he explains, saw a series of counterrevolutions against the progressive consensus that had dominated the postwar era. The year's epic upheavals embodied a startling conservative challenge to communist and socialist systems around the globe, fundamentally transforming politics and economics worldwide. In China, 1979 marked the start of sweeping market-oriented reforms that have made the country the econom
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Christian Caryl
- Publisher
- Basic Books; Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group
- Published
- 2013
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780465065646
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Political Science, Fiction, History
- Rating
- 3.83 / 5 (33 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14