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Giorgio Riello
g.riello@warwick.ac.uk
http://twistedsifter.com/2013/08/maps-that-will-help-you-make-sense-of-the-world/
Three issues for Today’s lecture
1. Definition of Globalisation
what is globalisation?
“[Globalization] is a reality that now affects every part of the globe and
every person on it, even though in widely differing local contexts.”.
Bruce Mazlish, “Comparing Global History to World History,” Journal of Interdisciplinary History 28/3
(1998), p. 387.
C.A. Bayly, ‘“Archaic” and A-Modern Globalization in the Eurasian and African Arena, c. 1750-1850',
in A.G. Hopkins, ed., Globalization in World History (2002), pp. 48-9.
2. When did Globalisation Begin?
- Manila to Acapulco
- Importance of Silver
C.A. Bayly, ‘“Archaic” and “Modern “Globalization in the Eurasian and African Arena, c. 1750-1850', in A.G.
Hopkins, ed., Globalization in World History (2002) [HY 100.G5]
2. When did Globalisation Begin?
4. 1820-1913: The Great Phase
- lack of innovation
2. When did Globalisation Begin? Phases
6. 1945-2013: Contemporary Globalisation
- the US is overstretched
- revolutionary terrorism
Niall Ferguson, “Sinking Globalization,” Foreign Affairs, 84/2 (2005), pp. 64-77.
3. The Dimensions of Globalisation
Movement Integration Global issues
1. Definition of Globalisation