Globalization: A Short History of the Modern World

Coverpage......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgments......Page 8
Introduction: Globalization, Perils, and Prospects......Page 10
Part I From the Dawn of Civilization to Versailles......Page 16
1 Modernity and Its Discontents......Page 18
2 The Rise and Fall of Civilizations......Page 24
3 From Feudal to Modern Europe......Page 28
4 Global Imperialism’s First Wave......Page 36
5 The Nation-State......Page 44
6 Liberalism and Nationalism......Page 48
7 The Industrial Revolution......Page 56
8 Global Imperialism’s Second Wave......Page 66
Part II From Versailles to Copenhagen......Page 74
9 Peace, Prosperity, and Collapse......Page 76
10 The Rise of Communism and Fascism......Page 82
11 The Anticolonial Struggle......Page 90
12 Global War and the Postwar Liberal System......Page 94
13 The Cold War from 1947 to 1968......Page 102
14 The Cold War from 1969 to 1991......Page 122
15 The Post–Cold War World......Page 140
16 The Post–September 11 World......Page 148
17 The Faustian Dilemma......Page 154
Notes......Page 162
Index......Page 182