Globalization A Short History of the Modern World

Name: Globalization A Short History of the Modern World
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ISBN: 9780230106918

ISBN-10: 0230106919

ISBN-13: 9780230106918

Edition: 2010

Authors: William R. Nester

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International politics began with the emergence of the first organized states thousands of years ago. Global politics is more recent--it appeared about five centuries ago when the European powers began to mesh the world's far corners together through conquest and trade. Today we live on a planet characterized by globalization or the ever more complex economic, cultural, technological, and environmental interdependence among all people everywhere. Until recently globalization's development was slow. Although countries increasingly traded, allied, and negotiated with each other, the divisions among them far outweighed the ties, and nations often settled their conflicts with war or the threat…

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List price: $121.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date: 11/15/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 181
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction: Globalization, Perils, and Prospects



From the Dawn of Civilization to Versailles



Modernity and Its Discontents



The Rise and Fall of Civilizations



From Feudal to Modern Europe



Global Imperialism's First Wave



The Nation-State



Liberalism and Nationalism



The Industrial Revolution



Global Imperialism's Second Wave



From Versailles to Copenhagen



Peace, Prosperity, and Collapse



The Rise of Communism and Fascism



The Anticolonial Struggle



Global War and the Postwar Liberal System



The Cold War from 1947 to 1968



The Cold War from 1969 to 1991



The Post-Cold War World



The Post-September 11 World



The Faustian Dilemma


Notes


Index