Globalization in world history
By: Peter N. Stearns.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9780415779173; 9780415779180; 9780203866061
Subjects: Globalization -- History; World history; International economic relations -- History; Economic history; Human beings -- Migrations -- History; International relations -- History; Intercultural communication -- History; Culture diffusion -- History; Diseases and history
Table of contents: title: Globalization and the challenge to historical analysis; title: Emerging patterns of contact, 1200 BCE-1000 CE : a preparatory phase; title: 1000 CE as turning point : the birth of globalization?; title: 1500 As turning point : the birth of globalization?; title: The 1850's as turning point : the birth of globalization?; title: Globalization since the 1940's : a new global history?; title: Conclusion : the historical perspective.