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The global imperative: an interpretive history of the spread of humankind

Robert P. Clark
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  • Contents

  • Reviews

  • Frontmatter
  • List of Tables and Figures (page xi)
  • Introduction: Why Globalization? (page 1)
  • Episode One: Out of Africa (page 21)
  • Episode Two: The Neolithic Revolution (page 35)
  • Episode Three: Ancient Cities and Trade Routes (page 51)
  • Episode Four: The Age of Discovery (page 68)
  • Episode Five: The Partnership of Steam and Coal (page 86)
  • Episode Six: Petroleum and the Internal Combustion Engine (page 103)
  • Episode Seven: Part One: Prelude to the Information Age (page 118)
  • Part Two: The Information Age (page 135)
  • Part Three: Cities and Global Systems in the Information Age (page 149)
  • Notes (page 166)
  • About the Book and Author (page 188)
  • Index (page 189)
Reviews
Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
JWH 9.2 (Fall 1998): 269-272 http://www.jstor.org/stable/20078732
Citable Link
Published: 1997
Publisher: Westview Press
ISBN(s)
  • 9780813331805 (hardcover)
  • 9780813331812 (paper)
Subject
  • Comparative/World
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