World Projects : Global Information before World War I /

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This study opens a new portal into the history of globalisation by examining several large-scale projects that, at the beginning of the twentieth century, shared a grand yet unachievable goal: bringing order to the world. Drawing from a broad array of archival materials, the book reveals how expandi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Krajewski, Markus, 1972- (Author)
Other Authors: Marcrum, Charles (Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Alemán
Published: Minneapolis, Minnesota : University of Minnesota Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Internationalism.
Globalization.
Cosmopolitanism.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Media Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
globalism.
internationalism.
Mondialisation.
Cosmopolitisme.
Internationalisme.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The world around 1900
  • The unity of diversity : Wilhelm Ostwald's world formations
  • World history of technology : Dr. Franz Maria Feldhaus
  • Systems economy : Walther Rathenau, man of the world
  • As for the rest : in search of the world's remains.

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