Globalization: A Reader

by Lemert; Charles

• ISBN13: 9780415464772
• ISBN10: 0415464773
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-05-07
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Expected to become a classic in the field and the classroom standard for teachers and their students, this book offers the most comprehensive, engaging selection of classic and contemporary readings on globalization currently available.Here, for the first time in print, is the full historical story of globalization ' drawn from original sources, explained by accessible introductions and biographical commentaries, and clearly organized as a comprehensive teaching text to guide students through the ins and outs of globalization. With astonishing social, political and historical depth, the book ranges from the Babylonian and Persian empires in Mesopotamia to the global electronic economy of the 21 st century, from ancient Greece and imperial Rome to transformations in contemporary state power and global inequalities. From Kenichi Ohmae to Al Gore, from Osama bin Laden to Timothy Garton-Ash, from Amartya Sen to Abdou Maliq Simone: this is a dazzling collection of the most important academic and public statements on globalization.Throughout, the Editors expertly guide the reader through the complex terrain of globalization ' its engaging histories, its transnational economies, its multiple cultures and cosmopolitan politics.

Table of Contents

Introduction: On Globalization Charles Lemert and Anthony Elliott Part1: The Age of Empires, 3000BCE 1500 CE Part2: The Rise From Modern World System to Industrial Capitalism, 1500 1914 Part3: The Short Twentieth Century: Global Uncertainty and Restructuring Part4: The Great Globalization Debate, 1989/2000 Part5: Globalization Since 9/11, 2001-Present