Globalization is fast becoming the most over-used and least understood word in the world. The accelerating political, economic, cultural and environmental interconnections that it describes are powerful and controversial. But what does it really mean? Ever since Pythagoras first imagined the world as a sphere revolving around the sun, our planet has been shrinking. This book covers globalization from all angles: from 15th-century explorations to the rise of the multi-national corporation; from the Great Wall of China to the birth of the football World Cup. Opening the lid on the complex economics behind the controversies, MacGillivray gives equal play to technology and culture, politics and war. Alex MacGillivray is an activist inquisitive enough to find out where globalization has come from, and a historian rash enough to say where it is going next. Rich in detail, wide-ranging in scope and even-handed in its assessment of the benefits and dangers of globalization, here is the full story of how a mysterious flat earth became a global village.
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Alex MacGillivray writes about global issues. He has a first-class honours degree in modern history from Oxford University and a masters' degree in environmental science from Imperial College London. Alex is a senior associate of the New Economics Foundation -- the progressive think tank finding economic solutions for social and environmental problems. He has worked with all the major players in globalisation, from UN agencies and national governments to multi-national companies and radical campaigning groups. Before this, Alex worked in Basingstoke for a company printing banknotes for half the countries of the world.
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This review is from: A Brief History of Globalization: the Untold Story of Our Incredible Shrinking Planet (Paperback)
Very well written book that's easy to read. Seems to be more a history of the rise of technology than anything else: from early maps to the Internet. Still it's exactly what it says it is: a brief history of globalization.
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This review is from: A Brief History of Globalization: The Untold Story of our Incredible Shrinking Planet (Paperback)
A very good and handy book if you are a student of how the world has become what it is today. The author does a great job of holding your attention, and unfolding world events. It is also clear he has done his homework and research in putting this book together.I took a casual look at the book at a London airport bookstore, and was hooked in minutes. On the journey back to the US, I could not put it down. The book may seem somewhat voluminous, but I would encourage you not to be put off by that.
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There are 3,300 books in English in print on the subject of globalization. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
global intent, global contraction, everyday luxury, shrinking planet Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Latin America, North America, Adam Smith, Indian Ocean, Soviet Union, Wall Street, United States, Middle East, Second World War, Nellie Bly, British Empire, East India Company, East Indies, Andrew Carnegie, Phileas Fogg, South Africa, World Bank, Cold War, Great Depression, Hong Kong, Las Casas, Bretton Woods, City of London, Fistful of Dollars New!
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There are 3,300 books in English in print on the subject of globalization. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
global intent, global contraction, everyday luxury, shrinking planet Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Latin America, North America, Adam Smith, Indian Ocean, Soviet Union, Wall Street, United States, Middle East, Second World War, Nellie Bly, British Empire, East India Company, East Indies, Andrew Carnegie, Phileas Fogg, South Africa, World Bank, Cold War, Great Depression, Hong Kong, Las Casas, Bretton Woods, City of London, Fistful of Dollars New!
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- Collapse of Globalism by John Ralston Saul in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Medieval Maps by Philip D. Harvey on page 33, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The World Is Flat [Updated and Expanded]: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century by Thomas L. Friedman in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Seeds of Change: Six Plants That Transformed Mankind by Henry Hobhouse in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Globalization and Its Discontents by Joseph E. Stiglitz in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- A Brief History of the End of the World: Apocalyptic Beliefs from Revelation to UFO Cults by Simon Pearson in Front Matter
- A Brief History of the Crimean War: History's Most Unnecessary Struggle by Alexis Troubetzkoy in Front Matter
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