A Brief History of Globalization
A Brief History of Globalization: The Untold Story of our Incredible Shrinking Planet Alex MacGillivray,
Publisher: Carroll & Graf
ISBN: 0786717106
DDC: 327
Edition: Paperback; 2005-12-20
Summary:
Globalization is fast becoming the most over-used and least
understood word in the world. The accelerating political, economic,
cultural and environmental interconnections that it describes are
powerful and controversial. But what does it really mean?Ever since
Pythagoras first imagined the world as a sphere revolving around the
sun, our planet has been shrinking. This book covers globalization
from all angles: from 15th-century explorations to the rise of the
multi-national corporation; from the Great Wall of China to the birth
of the football World Cup. Opening the lid on the complex economics
behind the controversies, MacGillivray gives equal play to technology
and culture, politics and war.Alex MacGillivray is an activist
inquisitive enough to find out where globalization has come from, and
a historian rash enough to say where it is going next. Rich in
detail, wide-ranging in scope and even-handed in its assessment of
the benefits and dangers of globalization, here is the full story of
how a mysterious flat earth became a global village.
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