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Globalization : a short history /

"Arguing that the world did not turn "global" overnight, the book traces the emergence of globalization over the past seven or eight centuries. In fact, the authors write, the phenomenon can be traced back to early modern large-scale trading, for example, the silk trade between China...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Osterhammel, Jürgen
Other Authors: Petersson, Niels P., Geyer, Dona
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Alemán
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2005.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • "Globalization" : circumnavigating a term
  • The dimensions of globalization
  • The development and establishment of worldwide connections until 1750
  • 1750-1880: imperialism, industrialization, and free trade
  • 1880-1945: global capitalism and global crises
  • 1945 to the Mid-1970s: globalization split in two.