Globalization A Short History |
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| Author:
| Osterhammel, Jürgen
Petersson, Niels P. |
| Translator:
| Geyer, Dona |
| ISBN: | 978-0-691-13395-9 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2009 |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $27.95 |
Book Description:
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Arguing that the world did not turn 'global' overnight, this book traces the emergence of globalization. It demonstrates how globalization in the mid-twentieth century opened up the prospect of global destruction though nuclear war and ecological catastrophe.
Arguing that the world did not turn 'global' overnight, this book traces the emergence of globalization. It demonstrates how globalization in the mid-twentieth century opened up the prospect of global destruction though nuclear war and ecological catastrophe.