Globalization A Short History of the Modern World

How did globalization come to dominate our lives? What have been, are, and most likely will be globalization's potential benefits and costs? This book explores the world's most powerful force for good and evil from the Renaissance through today and beyond.

Introduction: Globalization, Perils and Prospects PART I: FROM THE DAWN OF CIVILIZATION TO THE MARNE Modernity and Its Discontents The Rise and Fall of Civilizations From Feudal to Modern Europe Global Imperialism's First Wave The Nation-State Liberalism and Nationalism The Industrial Revolution Global Imperialism's Second Wave through World War I PART II: FROM VERSAILLES TO COPENHAGEN Peace, Prosperity, and Collapse Totalitarianism: The Rise of Communism and Fascism The Anti-Colonial Struggle World War II and the Postwar Liberal Global System The Cold War from 1947 to 1968 The Cold War from 1969 to 1991 The Post Cold War World The Post September 11 World Into the 21st Century: The Faustian Dilemma

WILLIAM NESTER is Professor of Government and Politics at St. John's University, USA.