Bound Together: How Traders, Preachers, Adventurers, and Warriors Shaped GlobalizationYale University Press, 01/10/2008 - 416 من الصفحات A wide-ranging and original history of globalization, examining how it has developed and what it means for the futureSince humans migrated from Africa and dispersed throughout the world, they have found countless ways and reasons to reconnect with each other. In this entertaining book, Nayan Chanda follows the exploits of traders, preachers, adventurers, and warriors throughout history as they have shaped and reshaped the world. For Chanda, globalization is a process of ever-growing interconnectedness and interdependence that began thousands of years ago and continues to this day with increasing speed and ease. In the end, globalization—from the lone adventurer carving out a new trade route to the expanding ambitions of great empires—is the product of myriad aspirations and apprehensions that define just about every aspect of our lives: what we eat, wear, ride, or possess is the product of thousands of years of human endeavor and suffering across the globe. Chanda reviews and illustrates the economic and technological forces at play in globalization today and concludes with a thought-provoking discussion of how we can and should embrace an inevitably global world. |
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... launching of the Paraguay, the first refrigerated ship, de- signed by French engineer Ferdinand Carré, in 1877opened up a whole new area of long-distance trade: fresh food. Argentine beef and Australian leg of lamb could now be served ...
... launching of the Paraguay, the first refrigerated ship, de- signed by French engineer Ferdinand Carré, in 1877opened up a whole new area of long-distance trade: fresh food. Argentine beef and Australian leg of lamb could now be served ...
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... launched the first universal credit card—the Diner's Club card— which was followed eight years later by American Express. The electronic net- work that emerged in the 1970s has since made transcontinental commerce a snap. Gold and ...
... launched the first universal credit card—the Diner's Club card— which was followed eight years later by American Express. The electronic net- work that emerged in the 1970s has since made transcontinental commerce a snap. Gold and ...
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... launching the PC (Personal Computer) revolution. In the 1980s, IBM (Inter- national Business Machines) picked up the flag, turning what once was an elec- tronic toy for hobbyists into a powerful tool of productivity for individuals. By ...
... launching the PC (Personal Computer) revolution. In the 1980s, IBM (Inter- national Business Machines) picked up the flag, turning what once was an elec- tronic toy for hobbyists into a powerful tool of productivity for individuals. By ...
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... launch of a pocket-size music player, the iPod. It took the consumer world by storm, sell- ing a staggering 32million machines in 2005. The downloading of music online by iPod users all over the world enabled them to enjoy millions of ...
... launch of a pocket-size music player, the iPod. It took the consumer world by storm, sell- ing a staggering 32million machines in 2005. The downloading of music online by iPod users all over the world enabled them to enjoy millions of ...
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... launched since the mid-1960s, and you have the ability of connecting to another million callers worldwide. Businesses wasted no time in seizing upon these new opportunities. The Chicago Stock Exchange started to allow after-hours ...
... launched since the mid-1960s, and you have the ability of connecting to another million callers worldwide. Businesses wasted no time in seizing upon these new opportunities. The Chicago Stock Exchange started to allow after-hours ...
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4 Preachers World | 105 |
5 World in Motion | 145 |
6 The Imperial Weave | 175 |
7 Slaves Germs and Trojan Horses | 209 |
From Buzzword to Curse | 245 |
9 Whos Afraid of Globalization? | 271 |
10 The Road Ahead | 305 |
Chronology | 321 |
Acknowledgments | 331 |
Notes | 335 |
Index | 373 |
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