Empires and Autonomy

by Streeter, Stephen M.; Weaver, John C.; Coleman, William D.

• ISBN13: 9780774816007
• ISBN10: 0774816007
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-02-15
• Publisher: Univ of British Columbia Pr

Summary

Globalization is one of the most significant developments of our time. But which elements of contemporary globalization and forms of autonomy are novel and which are merely continuations of long-standing trends? This book brings together a distinguished group of scholars who address these questions by focusing on historical moments that involved the establishment or protection of autonomy, moments that inevitably involved friction. By examining the dialectic between globalization and autonomy at moments ranging from the Chinese occupation of Tibet in 1720 to the meeting between Reagan and Gorbachev that led to the end of the Cold War, this volume provides novel insights into changes overtaking the contemporary world.

Author Biography

Stephen M. Streeter is an associate professor in the Department of History, McMaster University. John C. Weaver is a Distinguished University Professor in the Department of History, McMaster University. William D. Coleman is Canada Research Chair in Globalization Studies and Public Policy at McMaster University.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
Tibet and the Chinese World-Empire	p. 24
Litigating for Freedom in the British Empire, 1815-22: The Universal and Local in Tension	p. 41
Ottoman Military and Social Transformations, 1826-28: Engagement and Resistance in a Moment of Global Imperialism	p. 61
Wired Religion: Spiritualism and Telegraphic Globalization in the Nineteenth Century	p. 79
The Internationalization of Capital: The Late Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries	p. 93
Global Industrial Enclaves: Company Towns and Export-Processing Zones Compared, 1990-2000	p. 117
Freedom of the Ether or the Electromagnetic Commons? Globality, the Public Interest, and Multilateral Radio Negotiations in the 1920s	p. 138
A Globalization Moment: Franklin D. Roosevelt in Casablanca (January 1943) and the Decolonization/Development Impulse	p. 157
Paradigm Shift and the Nuremberg Trials: The Emergence of the Individual as a Subject and Object of International Law	p. 177
The US-Led Globalization Project in the Third World: The Struggle for Hearts and Minds in Guatemala and Vietnam in the 1960s	p. 196
A Globalizing Moment: The United Nations's Decades for Development and the North African Countries	p. 212
Snakes That Are Rainbows: Indigenous Worldviews and the Constitution of Autonomy	p. 232
Globalization and US Empire: Moments in the Forging of the Global Turn	p. 247
Abbreviations	p. 273
Notes	p. 275
Works Cited	p. 328
Contributors	p. 361
Index	p. 365
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