The Three Waves of Globalization
A History of a Developing Global Consciousness
A new reading of western history argues that human interconnections achieved global proportions for the first time 500 years ago, producing three waves of destabilizing globalization. The first wave, post-1500, devastated America and contributed to European wars and revolutions. In the nineteenth century, the rush to monopolize wealth and power escalated into rivalries between classes, nations, empires. After 1945, a new global social architecture with transnational capital as its main factor threatens world stability.
About the book
A new reading of western history argues that human interconnections achieved global proportions for the first time 500 years ago, producing three waves of destabilizing globalization. The first wave, post-1500, devastated America and contributed to European wars and revolutions. In the nineteenth century, the rush to monopolize wealth and power escalated into rivalries between classes, nations, empires. After 1945, a new global social architecture with transnational capital as its main factor threatens world stability.
Contents
- : PART ONE: GLOBALIZING KNOWLEDGE
- : Introducing Global Consciousness
- : Struggles for Survival and Wellbeing
- : PART TWO: THE FIRST WAVE OF GLOBALIZATION
- : Early Global Transformations
- : Fragile Commercial Imperatives
- : PART THREE: THE SECOND WAVE OF GLOBALIZATION
- : Globalization’s Industrial Child
- : Empires of Disadvantage
- : Implosion
- : PART FOUR: THE THIRD WAVE OF GLOBALIZATION
- : American Globalism
- : Globalizing Democracies
- : Globalizing Perspectives
