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Understanding Globalization : The Social Consequences of Political, Economic, and Environmental Change
author
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Schaeffer, Robert K.
publisher
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Rowman & Littlefield
isbn10 | asin
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0847683516
print isbn13
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9780847683512
ebook isbn13
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9780585165288
language
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English
subject
Social history--1945- , Social change, Economic history--1945- , Environmental indicators, World politics--1945-
publication date
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1997
lcc
:
HN17.5.S327 1997eb
ddc
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306/.09
subject
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Social history--1945- , Social change, Economic history--1945- , Environmental indicators, World politics--1945-
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Understanding Globalization
The Social Consequences of Political, Economic, and Environmental Change
Robert K. Schaeffer
ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS, INC. Lanham New York Boulder Oxford
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ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS, INC.
Published in the United States of America by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. 4720 Boston Way, Lanham, Maryland 20706
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Copyright 1997 by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher.
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Schaeffer, Robert K. Understanding globalization: the social consequences of political, economic, and environmental change / Robert K. Schaeffer. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8476-8351-6 (cloth : alk. paper).ISBN 0-8476-8352-4 (pbk.: alk. paper) 1. Social history1945- 2. Social change. 3. Economic history1945 4. Environmental indicators. 5. World politics1945 I. Title. HN17.5.S327 1997 306'.09dc21 96-54822 CIP
ISBN 0-8476-8351-6 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN 0-8476-8352-4 (pbk : alk. paper)
Printed in the United States of America
The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984.
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To Torry, Jazz, and Jeffree
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Contents
Acknowledgments
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1 Change and the Modern World
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The idea of "modern times" and a "global" place are the products of historical developments stretching back about five hundred years. This chapter traces the emergence of a global system of time, symbolized by the adoption in 1884 of the Greenwich meridian, and of a global sense of place, first expressed in the 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas.
2 The World after World War II
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After World War II, the world was divided politically and economically into three "worlds." Since then, the gap between first and third worlds has grown, and the second world has almost disappeared. This chapter examines the diverging fortunes of different worlds, and charts the diverging economic prospects for rich and poor, men and women, in the United States.
3 Dollar Devaluations
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In 1971 and again in 1985, U.S. presidents devalued the dollar to improve U.S. competitiveness. But this monetary policy failed to reduce trade deficits with our principal competitors or persuade consumers to "Buy American." They also contributed to domestic problems, resulting in the sale and export of timber and the subsequent loss of jobs in the Pacific Northwest. And they created problems for dollar-dependent countries around the world, particularly for ones that produced oil.
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