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Global history is a fast growing area of historical study. With theacceleration of the age of globalization in the twentieth century we have beenable to view the world across national boundaries. From the speed of electroniccommunications and the coverage of global news to the proliferation of ethnicrestaurants globalization is situated directly in our everyday lives andaffects our perceptions of world events. It also has a major impact on how weshould study the history of the world and this reader shows how that can beput into practice.Drawing together a wide international range of contributors this groundbreaking work presents an important collection of essays to set globalizationin its historical context. Thematic in focus these essays also draw onperspectives from other disciplines such as anthropology and developmentstudies. The reader uses global history to view the history of the worldthrough key themes that transcend national boundaries such as terrorism theenvironment human rights the information revolution and multinationalcorporations.The Global History Reader is essential reading for all students with aninterest in learning more about this definitive new area of historical study. «
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