Globalization : an introduction to the end of the known world / Charles Lemert.

Globalization: An Introduction to the End of the Known World surveys the history of globalization from the earliest of ancient texts through contemporary debates and the prospects for anticipating the new worlds to come. At the end of the twentieth century, debates over the nature of globalization w...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:New-world series.
Main Author: Lemert, Charles C., 1937- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Boulder, CO : Paradigm Publishers, [2015]
Series:New-world series.
Subjects:
Globalization.
Globalization > Social aspects.
Globalization > Economic aspects.
Culture diffusion.
Physical Description:xviii, 175 pages, 12 variously numbered pages ; 23 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • World under siege: the dark side of globalization
  • What is globalization? Economic, political, and cultural clashes
  • When did Globalization begin?
  • Globalization in the modern world-system, 1500-1914
  • Changing global structures in the short twentieth century, 1914-1991
  • The globalization debates: after the short twentieth century and in the twenty-first
  • The future of globalization: the unknown worlds to come.