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Author Osterhammel, Jürgen

Title Globalization : a short history / Jürgen Osterhammel and Niels P. Peterson ; translated by Dona Geyer
Published Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 184 pages)
Contents "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
Summary "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." "This book will appeal to historians, economists, and anyone in the social sciences who is interested in the historical emergence of globalization."--Jacket
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Translation of: Geschichte der Globalisierung
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Translated from the German
Subject Globalization -- History
Globalization
Globalisierung
Internationalisatie.
Wereldgeschiedenis.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Petersson, Niels P.
Geyer, Dona.
LC no. 2004058633
ISBN 9781400824328
140082432X
0691121656
9780691121659
Other Titles Geschichte der Globalisierung. English