All connected now : life in the first global civilization /

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Author / Creator:Anderson, Walt, 1933-
Imprint:Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 2001.
Description:ix, 310 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4544034
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ISBN:0813339375
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-291) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Globalization Is Evolution Is Globalization
  • Part 1. Globalizations
  • 1. The Global Animal
  • 2. The Meanings of the Twentieth Century
  • Part 2. Connections
  • 3. From Marketplaces to Placeless Markets
  • 4. Governance--With and Without Governments
  • 5. The Wars and Games of Global Culture
  • 6. The Reconnected Biosphere
  • Part 3. Informatizations
  • 7. The Informatization of Global Society
  • 8. The Bio-Information Society
  • 9. Organizations and Reorganizations
  • 10. Participating in the Global Polis
  • 11. All the Global Villages
  • Part 4. Possibilities
  • 12. Global Visions and Divisions
  • 13. Global Challenges and Social Facts
  • 14. Toward a Global Open Society
  • Epilogue: Certainties and Uncertainties
  • Chapter Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index