Globalization and global history / edited by Barry Gills and William R. Thompson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gills, Barry K., 1956-

Thompson, William R.

Series:

Rethinking globalizations ; 2.

Rethinking globalizations ; 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic history.

Globalization.

International trade.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (306 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2006.

Taylor & Francis Group [2006]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Globalization and Global History argues that globalization is not an exotic and new phenomenon. The authors collected here study globalization from the vantage point of long-term global history, thereby enabling them to assess the extent of ongoing

Contents:

Book Cover; Half-title; Series Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Globalizations, global histories and historical globalities; 2 Globalizing history and historicizing globalization; 3 The global animus; 4 Civilizing processes and international societies1; 5 Globalizations; 6 The Big Collapse; 7 [Re] periphalization, [re] incorporation, frontiers and non-state societies; 8 Growth/decline phases and semi-peripheral development in the Ancient Mesopotamian and Egyptian world-systems1

9 Early Iron Age economic expansion and contraction revisited10 Dark ages; 11 Three steps in globalization; 12 Globalization began in 15711; 13 Colonies in a globalizing economy, 1815-1948; Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographcial references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-135-99247-9

1-135-99248-7

1-283-83743-9

1-280-37599-X

9786610375998

0-203-79947-X

9780203799475

OCLC:

275182506