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Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Review Quotes:"The distinguished historian Bruce Mazlish draws upon encyclopaedic knowledge accumulated over a lifetime, and his prose is enviably elegant and pellucid. He is a champion of 'the New Global History', concerned principally with the global society that has emerged since the Second World War. But, against the widespread idea that modern/postmodern/globalised society is so radically different from anything that went before--the idea that, in Henry Ford's pithy phrase, 'history is bunk'--Mazlish demonstrates how much a profound knowledge of the long-term human past is essential to a proper understanding of the human present." --Stephen Mennell, University College DublinReview Quotes:"About seventy years ago, humans stepped into space, acquired the ability to destroy life on earth and learned how to instantaneously communicate around the globe. History, argues Bruce Mazlish in this path-breaking book, never looked the same again. As a truly global history emerged, historians' old attachment to the nation state made little sense. History had to become the history of all of us on 'spaceship earth.' Globalization and Transformation is the deeply learned and brilliantly argued manifesto of the New Global History." --Sven Beckert, Laird Bell Professor of History, Harvard University "The distinguished historian Bruce Mazlish draws upon encyclopaedic knowledge accumulated over a lifetime, and his prose is enviably elegant and pellucid. He is a champion of 'the New Global History', concerned principally with the global society that has emerged since the Second World War. But, against the widespread idea that modern/postmodern/globalised society is so radically different from anything that went before--the idea that, in Henry Ford's pithy phrase, 'history is bunk'--Mazlish demonstrates how much a profound knowledge of the long-term human past is essential to a proper understanding of the human present." --Stephen Mennell, University College DublinTable of Contents: Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Where Are We Going? The Project of Humanity 2. Comparing Global History to World History 3. Humanity and Globalization 4. Identity in a Global Era 5. The Advancement of Humanity 6. The Global and the Local: Parts and Wholes 7. The New Global Merchants of Light 8. Revisiting Barraclough's Contemporary History 9. On the Brink of the Global 10. Whither Globalization? Subject Index Name Index Works Cited IndexPublisher Marketing: In Globalization and Transformation, Bruce Mazlish examines developments in contemporary warfare, economy, technology, and religion as fundamental factors in human experience that have accelerated global change in recent years. Continuing the analysis he began in Reflections on the Modern and the Global, Mazlish delves into human history, examining who we were so as to help us understand who we are today. Early in the volume, Mazlish highlights the British historian Geoffrey Barraclough, who foresaw the trajectory of world events that gave rise to the "New Global History." He also examines humanity's progress, reminding us of contemporary globalization's precursors: the theories of Charles Darwin; the concept of the global and the local coupled with inquiry into the concept of parts and wholes; merchant empires, such as the English and Dutch East India companies that crisscrossed the ocean in pursuit of profits and power; anti-globalization; and the linkage of globalization to the very concept of humanity. Though globalization is a complex concept, and versatile in its applications, Mazlish focuses on its transformational characteristics, noting that globalization's impact is not uniform across society's culture, politics, or economics. Some parts of the world have yet to accept the challenge to their past traditions. These stimulating essays offer new insights into a major phenomenon of our time.

Contributor Bio:  Mazlish, Bruce Bruce Mazlish is professor emeritus of history at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and fellow of The American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is the author of The Leader, The Led, and the Psyche; The Riddle of History; and Reflections on the Modern and the Global.