Book contents
- The Cambridge World HistoryVolume VII
- The Cambridge World History
- The Cambridge World HistoryProduction, Destruction, and Connection, 1750–Present
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Part I Social developments
- Part II Culture and Connections
- Part III Moments
- 12 Atlantic revolutions: a reinterpretation
- 13 Global war 1914–45
- 14 The Cold War
- 15 1956
- 16 1989 as a year of great significance
- Part IV Ligaments of Globalization
- Index
- References
16 - 1989 as a year of great significance
from Part III - Moments
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 May 2015
Book contents
- The Cambridge World HistoryVolume VII
- The Cambridge World History
- The Cambridge World HistoryProduction, Destruction, and Connection, 1750–Present
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Part I Social developments
- Part II Culture and Connections
- Part III Moments
- 12 Atlantic revolutions: a reinterpretation
- 13 Global war 1914–45
- 14 The Cold War
- 15 1956
- 16 1989 as a year of great significance
- Part IV Ligaments of Globalization
- Index
- References
Summary
This chapter considers each kind of special year 1989, focusing especially on the hinge year and movement year categories, which seem the most compelling. If 1989 divides the world into a time before and a time after, then it does so because it saw the end of Communist Party rule in Eastern and Central Europe. The chapter offers a brief account of Chinese events that highlights contrasts. A key contrast between the Chinese protests and those in other Communist Party-run countries in 1989 has to do with patriotism. Despite major political transformations in Latin America, fear of brewing economic crises in the region dominated policy discussions. While in many parts of the world people actively ushered in a new era of democratic and neoliberal economic reform measures, massive pushbacks against similar measures in countries like Venezuela complicate one of the more dominant memories of 1989 as a year of successful, nonviolent people power.
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- The Cambridge World History , pp. 376 - 398Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2015
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