Globalization in World History (Themes in World History)

In this revised edition of Globalization in World History, Peter Stearns explores the roots of contemporary globalization, examining shifts in the global flow of people, goods and ideas as early as 1000 CE. Exploring how four moments in history have accelerated the process of globalization, Stearns’s narrative details how factors such as economics, migration, disease transmission, culture, the environment, and politics have influenced the nature of globalization as we understand it today.

This revised and updated second edition includes:

• A broadened discussion of regional reactions to globalization, anchoring the topic in world history and allowing for discussions of nationalism.
• A detailed look at the effects of globalization on the environment.
• An expanded analysis of athletics, youth culture, and the problems of globalization today.
• A supplementary online chapter-by-chapter reading guide, which provides additional background context and support for readers.

With an interdisciplinary approach that links political, sociological, and historical perspectives, Stearns’s book provides an ideal overview of the current state of globalization and the historical factors that have shaped it.

• Globalization: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
• Globalization and American Popular Culture
• Writing History: A Guide for Students
• Contending Visions of the Middle East: The History and Politics of Orientalism (The Contemporary Middle East)
• Chinese Village, Socialist State
• Something New Under the Sun: An Environmental History of the Twentieth-Century World (The Global Century Series)
• Global Ethics: An Introduction
• The Undivided Past: Humanity Beyond Our Differences
• Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny (Issues of Our Time)
• Exit Berlin: How One Woman Saved Her Family from Nazi Germany