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Globalization in world history / Peter N. Stearns.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stearns, Peter N., author.
- Series:
- Themes in world history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Globalization--History.
- Globalization.
- World history.
- International economic relations--History.
- International economic relations.
- Economic history.
- Human beings--Migrations--History.
- Human beings.
- International relations--History.
- International relations.
- Intercultural communication--History.
- Intercultural communication.
- Culture diffusion--History.
- Culture diffusion.
- Diseases and history.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vi, 234 pages).
- Edition:
- Fourth edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Routledge, 2024.
- Biography/History:
- Peter Stearns is Distinguished University Professor of History at George Mason University. For several decades he has regularly taught world history and globalization courses at the undergraduate and graduate level. He has published titles in the Themes in World History series, on subjects including time, human rights, and happiness, with his latest release Punishment in World History.
- Contents:
- Globalization and the challenge to historical analysis
- Emerging patterns of contact, 1200 bce
- 1000 ce : a preparatory phrase
- The birth of globalization?
- Transition : the Mongol period
- The main features of protoglobalization, 1500-1750
- A late-eighteenth century transition
- The 1850s as turning point : the birth of modern globalization
- The great retreat, 1914-1945, and a new transition
- Contemporary globalization since the 1940s : A New Global History?
- A new retreat? Signs of disruption in the 21st Century
- Conclusion : the historical perspective.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 09, 2023).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Stearns, Peter N. Globalization in world history
- ISBN:
- 9781003439615
- 1003439616
- 9781000993714
- 100099371X
- 9781000993769
- 1000993760
- Publisher Number:
- 40032179691
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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