Globalization

A Short Story

Jürgen Osterhammel, Niels P. Petersson

200 pages, parution le 30/06/2005

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Résumé

"Globalization" has become a popular buzzword for explaining today's world. The expression achieved terminological stardom in the 1990s and was soon embraced by the general public and integrated into numerous languages.

But is this much-discussed phenomenon really an invention of modern times? In this work, Jürgen Osterhammel and Niels P. Petersson make the case that globalization is not so new, after all. 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 and the Mediterranean region, the shipping routes between the Arabian Peninsula and India, and the more frequently traveled caravan routes of the Near East and North Africa--all conduits for people, goods, coins, artwork, and ideas.

Osterhammel and Petersson argue that the period from 1750 to 1880--an era characterized by the development of free trade and the long-distance impact of the industrial revolution--represented an important phase in the globalization phenomenon. Moreover, they demonstrate how globalization in the mid-twentieth century opened up the prospect of global destruction though nuclear war and ecological catastrophe. In the end, the authors write, today's globalization is part of a long-running transformation and has not ushered in a "global age" radically different from anything that came before.

This book will appeal to historians, economists, and anyone in the social sciences who is interested in the historical emergence of globalization.

L'auteur - Jürgen Osterhammel

Jürgen Osterhammel is Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at the University of Konstanz. He has published on modern Chinese history, imperialism, and the theory of history.

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L'auteur - Niels P. Petersson

Niels P. Petersson is Lecturer in History at the University of Konstanz and has published on imperialism and economic history.

Sommaire

"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
Conclusion

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Éditeur(s)	Princeton University Press
Auteur(s)	Jürgen Osterhammel, Niels P. Petersson
Parution	30/06/2005
Nb. de pages	200
Format	15 x 22
Couverture	Relié
Poids	350g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780691121659