Barry K. Gills is Reader in International Politics at the University of Newcastle, UK and Director of the Globalization Research Center at the University of Hawaii, USA. William R. Thompson is Rogers Professor of Political Science at the University of Indiana, USA.
Barry K. Gills is Reader in International Politics at the University of Newcastle, UK and Director of the Globalization Research Center at the University of Hawaii, USA. William R. Thompson is Rogers Professor of Political Science at the University of Indiana, USA.
Globalization and Global History argues that globalization is not an exotic and new phenomenon. Instead it emphasizes that globalization is something that has been with us as long as there have been people who are both interdependent and aware of that fact.
Studying globalization from the vantage point of long-term global history permits theoretical and empirical investigation, allowing the authors collected to assess the extent of ongoing transformations and to compare them to earlier iterations. With this historical advantage, the extent of ongoing changes - which previously appeared unprecedented - can be contrasted to similar episodes in the past.
The book is divided into three sections. The first focuses on how globalization has been written about from a historical perspective. The second part advances three different takes on how best to view globalization from a very long-term stance. The final section continues this interpretative thread by examining more narrow aspects of globalization processes, ranging from incorporation processes to systemic disruptions.
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Gills and Thompson are experienced editors who have published widely in this area - the contributors are also among the best known in the field.
There is no competition for the title - although globalization and global history are widely taught, there is little that brings them together
Propounds controversial thesis that globalization stretches back a long way rather than being a new phenomenon so should get some attention on that basis.
1. Globalizations, Global Histories, and Historical Globalities 2. Globalizing History and Historicising Globalization 3. The Global Animus: In the Tracks of Historical Consciousness 4. Civilizing Processes and International Societies 5. Globalizations: The First Ten, Hundred, Five Thousand, and Million Years 6. The Big Collapse: A Brief Cosmology of Globalization 7. [Re} Peripheralization, [Re] Incorporation, Frontiers and Nonstate Societies: Continuities and Discontinuities in Globalization Processes 8. Growth/Decline Phases and Semiperipheral Development in the Ancient Mesopotamian and Egyptian World-Systems 9. Early Iron Age Economic Expansion and Contraction Revisited 10. Dark Ages: Ecological Crisis Phases and System Transition 11.Three Steps in Globalization: Global Networks from 1000 B.C.E. to 2050 C.E. 12. Globalization Began in 1571 13. Colonies in a Globalizing Economy, 1815-1948
This book 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 transformations and to compare them to earlier iterations.
Argues that globalization is not an exotic phenomenon. Instead this book emphasizes that globalization is something that has been with us as long as there have been people who are both interdependent and aware of that fact. It studies globalization from the vantage point of long-term global history permits theoretical and empirical investigation.
Über den Autor
Barry K. Gills is Reader in International Politics at the University of Newcastle, UK and Director of the Globalization Research Center at the University of Hawaii, USA. William R. Thompson is Rogers Professor of Political Science at the University of Indiana, USA.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Globalizations, Global Histories, and Historical Globalities 2. Globalizing History and Historicising Globalization 3. The Global Animus: In the Tracks of Historical Consciousness 4. Civilizing Processes and International Societies 5. Globalizations: The First Ten, Hundred, Five Thousand, and Million Years 6. The Big Collapse: A Brief Cosmology of Globalization 7. [Re} Peripheralization, [Re] Incorporation, Frontiers and Nonstate Societies: Continuities and Discontinuities in Globalization Processes 8. Growth/Decline Phases and Semiperipheral Development in the Ancient Mesopotamian and Egyptian World-Systems 9. Early Iron Age Economic Expansion and Contraction Revisited 10. Dark Ages: Ecological Crisis Phases and System Transition 11.Three Steps in Globalization: Global Networks from 1000 B.C.E. to 2050 C.E. 12. Globalization Began in 1571 13. Colonies in a Globalizing Economy, 1815-1948
Klappentext
This new volume argues that globalization is not a new and exotic phenomenon. Instead it emphasizes that globalization is something that has been with us as long as there have been people who are both interdependent and aware of that fact.
Contemporary concerns about globalization are hard to avoid. Growing interdependence benefits some and marginalizes others. History is often described from a local perspective, making events seem particularistic and disconnected, rather than being enmeshed in a much larger network of interdependent events. Studying globalization from the vantage point of long-term global history permits theoretical and empirical investigation allowing the contributors to this volume to assess the extent of ongoing transformations and to compare them to earlier iterations. With this historical advantage, the extent of ongoing changes - which previously appeared unprecedented - can be contrasted to similar episodes in the past.
This interdisciplinary volume includes chapters written by historians, sociologists and political scientists. It will appeal to anyone interested in globalization and its origins.
