Globalizations and the ancient world [electronic resource] / Justin Jennings.

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"In this book, Justin Jennings argues that globalization is not just a phenomenon limited to modern times. Instead he contends that the globalization of today is just the latest in a series of globalizing movements in human history. Using the Uruk, Mississippian, and Wari civilizations as case studi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jennings, Justin
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Cities and towns > History.
Globalization > History.
Online Access:
ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete: 2010 (Ebook Central @ Proquest)
EBSCO eBooks: 2011 (EBSCO)
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2011 (EBSCO)
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Modernity's greatest theft; 2. How to pluralize globalization; 3. Cities and the spread of the first global cultures; 4. Uruk-warka; 5. Cahokia; 6. Huari; 7. But were they really global cultures?; 8. Learning from past globalizations.