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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480522903321

Autore

Blutstein Harry

Titolo

The ascent of globalisation / Harry Blutstein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester [U.K.] : , : Manchester University Press, , 2016

Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2017

©2016

ISBN

1-78499-604-1

1-5261-0431-8

1-78499-667-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

303.4/82

Soggetti

Globalisierung

Globalization - Social aspects

Globalization - Economic aspects

Globalization

Commerce - Social aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Part I. The liberal foundations of globalisation -- 1. A better tomorrow -- 2. Last best hope for peace -- 3. Dawn over Bretton Woods -- 4. The European experiment -- Part II. Sovereignty of global markets -- 5. The war of ideas -- 6. The new globalists -- 7. The anatomy of an insurgency -- 8. Accelerated development -- 9. Free trade follies -- 10. Global Fifth Amendment -- Part III. The human face of globalisation -- 11. When the saints come marching in -- 12. Assault on the summit -- 13. Civilising globalisation -- 14. Health of nations.

Sommario/riassunto

This text tells the sweeping historical drama of the ascent of globalization, from the Second World War to the present day. The story is told through the richly detailed accounts of eighteen remarkable men and women, describing how these architects reshaped the modern world, for better or worse.