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Joel Colton

    Joel G. Colton byl moderní historik a autor, který se zabýval především francouzskými dějinami 19. století. Jeho práce se vyznačuje pečlivým výzkumem a pronikavou analýzou politických a sociálních sil, které formovaly moderní Francii. Coltonův styl psaní je přístupný a zároveň analytický, což čtenářům umožňuje pochopit složité historické procesy. Jeho dílo přispělo k hlubšímu pochopení klíčového období evropských dějin.

    A History of the Modern World
    Das Zwanzigste Jahrhundert
    Compulsory Labor Arbitration in France, 1936-1939
    • A history of the French experiment in compulsory arbitration for settling labor disputes from its origins in the sit-down strikes of June 1936 to its wartime suspension. Describes the circumstances under which the government introduced compulsory arbitration, examines the nature of the system that was adopted, explores the problems that arose in the operation of the system, and evaluates the results.

      Compulsory Labor Arbitration in France, 1936-1939
    • The extraordinary events of the last few years have made this eighth edition come sooner than usual after its predecessor. It is of course too early to assess the magnitude and consequences of what has happened, but we have done much new writing, rewriting, rewording, and rearrangement to present the upheavals in Eastern Europe, the disintegration fo the former Soviet Union, the reunification of Germany, the end of the Cold War, the Islamic fundamentalist movement, changes in latin america, and much else.

      A History of the Modern World