Political Science Globalization
Empires and Autonomy
Moments in the History of Globalization
- Publisher
- UBC Press
- Initial publish date
- Jan 2010
- Category
- Globalization, World, Nationalism, General
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780774858762
- Publish Date
- Jan 2010
- List Price
- $99.00
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780774816007
- Publish Date
- Jan 2010
- List Price
- $34.95
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780774815994
- Publish Date
- May 2009
- List Price
- $95.00
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Globalization is one of the most significant developments of our time. But which elements of contemporary globalization and forms of autonomy are novel and which are merely continuations of long-standing trends? This book brings together a distinguished group of scholars who focus on historical moments that involved the establishment or protection of autonomy, moments that inevitably involved friction. By examining the dialectic between globalization and autonomy at historical junctures ranging from the Chinese occupation of Tibet in 1720 to the meeting between Reagan and Gorbachev that led to the end of the Cold War, this volume provides novel insights into the changes overtaking our contemporary world.
About the authors
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JOHN WEAVER teaches history at McMaster University in Hamilton. He has written extensively on Canadian urban history and is the author of Shaping the Canadian City.
William D. Coleman is CIGI Chair in Globalization and Public Policy at the Balsillie School of International Affairs and professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Waterloo.