Empires and autonomy :: moments in the history of globalization /

"Globalization is one of most significant developments of our time. But what distinguishes the present era from "golden" periods of empire building in past? Which elements of contemporary globalization and forms of autonomy are particularly novel and which are merely continuations of...

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Weitere Verfasser: Coleman, William D. (William Donald), 1950-, Weaver, John C., Streeter, Stephen M.
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Vancouver : UBC Press, ©2009.
Schriftenreihe:Globalization and autonomy.
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Zusammenfassung:"Globalization is one of most significant developments of our time. But what distinguishes the present era from "golden" periods of empire building in past? Which elements of contemporary globalization and forms of autonomy are particularly novel and which are merely continuations of long-standing historical trends?" "To address these questions, Empires and Autonomy brings together a distinguished group of scholars who explore particular historical moments that involved either the establishment or protection of autonomy. These global encounters inevitably involved friction, and the contributors examine the dialectic between globalization and autonomy at moments that range in time from the Chinese occupation of Tibet in 1720 to the meeting between Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev in 1986 that led to the end of the Cold War. By examining uniquely telling historical moments, the tightly focused, interdisciplinary essays show that globalization has been anything but systematic or complete."--Jacket.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xi, 379 pages).
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780774816014
0774816015
0774816007
9780774816007
077481599X
9780774815994
1282740512
9781282740518
9786612740510
6612740515
ISSN:1913-7494

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