Globalization and global history / / edited by Barry K. Gills and William R. Thompson

• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2006
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (306 p.)
• Disciplina: 909
• Soggetto topico: Economic history; Globalization; International trade
• Altri autori: GillsBarry K. <1956-> ThompsonWilliam R
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographcial references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Half-title; Series Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Globalizations, global histories and historical globalities; 2 Globalizing history and historicizing globalization; 3 The global animus; 4 Civilizing processes and international societies1; 5 Globalizations; 6 The Big Collapse; 7 [Re] periphalization, [re] incorporation, frontiers and non-state societies; 8 Growth/decline phases and semi-peripheral development in the Ancient Mesopotamian and Egyptian world-systems1 ; 9 Early Iron Age economic expansion and contraction revisited10 Dark ages; 11 Three steps in globalization; 12 Globalization began in 15711; 13 Colonies in a globalizing economy, 1815-1948; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Globalization and Global History argues that globalization is not an exotic and new phenomenon. The authors collected here study globalization from the vantage point of long-term global history, thereby enabling them to assess the extent of ongoing
• Titolo autorizzato: Globalization and global history
• ISBN: 1-135-99247-9; 1-135-99248-7; 1-283-83743-9; 1-280-37599-X; 9786610375998; 0-203-79947-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910814740703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Rethinking globalizations ; ; 2.