Global History Reader

Name: Global History Reader
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ISBN: 9780415314602

ISBN-10: 0415314607

ISBN-13: 9780415314602

Edition: 2004

Authors: Bruce Mazlish, Akira Iriye

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Global history is a fast growing area of historical study. With the acceleration of the age of globalization in the twentieth century, we have been able to view the world across national boundaries. From the speed of electronic communications and the coverage of global news to the proliferation of 'ethnic' restaurants, globalization is situated directly in our everyday lives, and affects our perceptions of world events. It also has a major impact on how we should study the history of the world, and this reader shows how that can be put into practice. Drawing together a wide international range of contributors, this ground-breaking work presents an important collection of essays to set…

Book details

List price: $46.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 11/4/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 312
Size: 6.89" wide x 9.69" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



Introduction



The Question of Periodization



Global History and World History




World History in a Global Age




Time and Space



The Culture of Time and Space




Technocracy and Statecraft in the Space Age




The Information Revolution



Cyberculture




The Global Information Revolution and State Power




Multinational Enterprises



Globalization at Bay




Mapping Multinationals




Migrations



Diaspora, the Nation State, and Globalization




Migration and Its Enemies




Consumerism



The Global City




Consumerism in the Context of the Global Ecumene




The Natural Environment



Environmental Activism




International Environmental Policy




Human Rights



Human Rights as an Issue in World Politics




Human Rights as Global Imperative




Non-Governmental Organizations



The Role of International Organizations




The Third Sector in the Third World




Internationalism



Internationalism




The Withering Away of the Nation?




Global Culture



The Globalization of Music




Scenarios for Peripheral Cultures Ulf




The Globalization of Disease



The Globalization of Disease




Travel and Infectious Diseases




Terrorism



What Is Terrorism?




War with Terrorism Lawrence Freedman



Syntheses and Conclusions



Cultural Dimensions of Globalization




The Globalizing of Modernity