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Globalization and Time.
The process of globalization has brought about countless changes in societies, communities, regions and economies across the globe. It has been analyzed from many perspectives as a result and much has been written to muddy the waters of our understanding of this important concept. In going back to t...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2013.
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| 520 | |a The process of globalization has brought about countless changes in societies, communities, regions and economies across the globe. It has been analyzed from many perspectives as a result and much has been written to muddy the waters of our understanding of this important concept. In going back to the real origins of the global economy, this book demonstrates that understanding this phenomenon as a, 'battle against time' will bring a new clarity to the subject. The process of globalization was accompanied by the mastering of 'social time', thereby producing a progressive increase in t. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1 The coordination of time; Spatio-temporal approaches; PART I Terrestrial globalization; 2 Exploring the globe; A European miracle; Interactions with the Arab World; Europeans on the move; European expansion; Marco Polo; The Su Sung clock; Admiral Zheng He; China:The Middle Kingdom; Portugal; Nautical knowledge; Spain; Columbus; The Treaty of Tordesillas; Imperial Spain; 3 The emergence of temporalities; Calendars; Calendar reform; Hours; Medieval times; Monasteries | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Revolution in timeThe first phase of the mechanical clock (1300-1500); Temperance; The second phase of the mechanical clock (1500-1650); The clock as metaphor; 4 The age of merchant capitalism; International trading companies; Amsterdam as center of trade and commerce; The Dutch revolt (1568-1648); The VOC; Temporal coordination of barges; Maurits' military revolution; Organization of the VOC; The WIC; The slave trade; The demise of the VOC; Britain takes over; The third phase of the mechanical clock: the marine chronometer (1657-1761); PART II Industrial globalization | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 5 Time in British industry and railroad transportMining; Josiah Wedgwood; The Lunar Society; Early forms of marketing; Britain's industrious revolution; The Industrial Revolution in the textile industry; Robert Owen; Trains; Telegraphy; Steamships; The Great Exhibition; 6 Politics and time; The French Revolution and a new rational order; The French calendar; Standardization; Labor's protest; Australia and the eight-hour day; The international labor movement; 7 Speed in transport and industry; The American system of manufacture; Railroads and military practice; Management of railroads | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Railroad time zonesThe modern factory system; Labor resistance; The Greenwich Observatory bomb; 8 Time and motion; Work; Etienne-Jules Marey; The European Science of Work; Frederick Winslow Taylor; Gilbreth's motion studies; Scientific Management popularized; Henry Ford; European responses; Charles Eugene Bedaux; Stakhanovism; Fordism; Sloan and General Motors; Conclusion; 9 Time and emotion; Information-processing and electric appliances industries; Welfare work; The Hawthorne experiments; Elton Mayo; Bank-wiring test room; Outcomes of the experiments; Harvard and Human Relations | |
| 505 | 8 | |a The Great DepressionThe Marshall Plan; Peter Drucker; 10 The accelerated transfer of people and cargo; Initial steps to aviation; Wristwatches; Aviation; Pan Am's global expansion; Airplane producers; Jet engines; Deregulation; Air cargo; Sea transport; Outlook; PART III Electronic globalization; 11 Information and communication revolution; IBM; Outlook; 12 The Japanese miracle and just-in-time; Time concepts; Reconstruction of Japanese society; The quality issue; Quality and just-in-time at the Toyota company; American response; American quality management; Buzzwords; 13 Flexitime | |
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| 650 | 0 | |a Industrialization. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a International trade. | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Economic history. | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Globalization |x Economic aspects. | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Industrialization. | |
| 650 | 4 | |a International trade. | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Time measurements. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Histoire économique. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Temps |x Mesure. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Mondialisation. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Industrialisation. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Commerce international. | |
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