Global interdependence : the world after 1945 /

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Imprint:	Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2014.
Description:	1 online resource (vi, 997 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Language:	English
Series:	A history of the world History of the world (Belknap Press)
Subject:	Globalization. Transnationalism. International relations. International economic relations. World politics -- 1945-1989. World politics -- 1989- Globalization. International economic relations. International relations. Transnationalism. World politics. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12659523

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Other authors / contributors:	Iriye, Akira.
ISBN:	9780674270657 0674270657 9780674045729 0674045726
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 925-969) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	"Global Interdependence provides a new account of world history from the end of World War II to the present, an era when transnational communities began to challenge the long domination of the nation-state. In this single-volume survey, leading scholars elucidate the political, economic, cultural, and environmental forces that have shaped the planet in the past sixty years. Offering fresh insight into international politics since 1945, Wilfried Loth examines how miscalculations by both the United States and the Soviet Union brought about a Cold War conflict that was not necessarily inevitable. Thomas Zeiler explains how American free-market principles spurred the creation of an entirely new economic order--a global system in which goods and money flowed across national borders at an unprecedented rate, fueling growth for some nations while also creating inequalities in large parts of the Middle East, Latin America, and Africa. From an environmental viewpoint, J.R. McNeill and Peter Engelke contend that humanity has entered a new epoch, the Anthropocene era, in which massive industrialization and population growth have become the most powerful influences upon global ecology. Petra Goedde analyzes how globalization has impacted indigenous cultures and questions the extent to which a generic culture has erased distinctiveness and authenticity. She shows how, paradoxically, the more cultures blended, the more diversified they became as well. Combining these different perspectives, volume editor Akira Iriye presents a model of transnational historiography in which individuals and groups enter history not primarily as citizens of a country but as migrants, tourists, artists, and missionaries--actors who create networks that transcend traditional geopolitical boundaries."--
Other form:	Print version: Global interdependence. Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2014 9780674045729

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Esteemed historian Iriye (Harvard) has edited a massive work on world history since 1945. Iriye exhibits his expertise in transnational history by illustrating the "global interdependence" of the modern world. Part 1, authored by Wilfried Loth, examines the immediate aftermath of WW II and the early Cold War, where the structures of power changed fundamentally. Thomas W. Zeller addresses the topic of the changing global economy in part 2. In part 3, the most compelling section of the book, J.R. McNeill and Peter Engelke integrate the natural environment into the more traditional topics of the Cold War and the rise of urban culture. Petra Goedde strongly surveys the sweep of global culture in contemporary history in the excellent fourth section. The last part, authored by Iriye, brings all of the strands together in a convincing section examining the essence of transnational history. Indispensible for anyone interested in the modern world. Summing Up: Essential. Upper-undergraduate and above. W. B. Whisenhunt College of DuPage

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Global interdependence : the world after 1945 /

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