How "American" is globalization?
By: William H. Marling.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
Subjects: Globalization -- Social aspects; Civilization, Modern -- American influences; United States -- Foreign relations -- 2001-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: "Less than we think"; title: What are we talking about when we talk about globalization; title: Is English conquering the world; title: The ubiquitous American film; title: American television and the rise of local programming; title: The Mcdonalds' brouhaha; title: What about the Internet?; title: Do American companies dominate the world economy?; title: Seeing ourselves everywhere; title: The resistance of the local; title: Language; title: Communicative distance; title: Food; title: Gender; title: Education; title: Work; title: Land use; title: Tribalism; title: Corruption; title: Smuggling and counterfeiting; title: Taxes; title: The resistance of the local; title: "More than we know"; title: Atms; title: The money market; title: Flexible manufacturing; title: Franchising; title: Air freight; title: Containerized freight; title: Bar codes; title: Computing; title: Logistics.