Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgements Part I: Globalizing Knowledge 1. Developing Global Consciousness 2. Struggles for Survival and Wellbeing Part II: The First Wave of Globalization 3. Early Global Transformations 4. Fragile Commercial Imperatives Part III: The Second Wave of Globalization 5. Globalization's Industrial Child 6. Empires of Disadvantage 7. Implosion Part IV: The Third Wave of Globalization 8. American Globalism 9. Globalizing Democracies 10. Globalizing Perspectives Bibliography Index

Promotional Information

Globalization necessitates a new reading of the human story. Its origins, Robbie Robertson argues here, lie in human interconnections that have existed since the earliest times and which assumed global proportions 500 years ago.

About the Author

Dr Robbie Robertson teaches history and development studies at La Trobe University, Australia. He is the author of several books including Government by the Gun: The Unfinished Business of Fiji's 2000 Coup (with William Sutherland, Zed Books, 2002.

Reviews

'This is a bold, imaginative book. Robbie Robertson elucidates the origins of globalization and the subsequent paths it has followed, highlighting important lessons for how the present wave of globalization should be understood, and handled. A very stimulating, critical contribution to the contemporary literature.' - Stephanie Lawson, Professor of International Relations, University of East Anglia 'At last an historian who sees the big picture about globalisation and its present manifestation. Robbie Robertson, with precision has produced a readable, learned book that will cause anger, debate, even dismay to those who both support and oppose globalisation. A must-read for all those who care about our common future and want to know more about the human condition and its evolution and promise.' - Mike Moore, Former Director General of the WTO and former New Zealand Prime Minister