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The Nation State and Beyond: Governing Globalization Processes in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries (Transcultural Research - Heidelberg Studies on Asia and Europe in a Global Context)
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Paperback. This book show that looking at the nation state from the perspective of global entanglements allows its interpretation as a dynamic and multi-layered structure that takes part in globalization processes, and plays various and at times even contradictory roles. Editor(s): Lohr, Isabella; Wenzlhuemer, Roland. Series: Transcultural Research - Heidelberg Studies on Asia and Europe in a Global Context. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JPA; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 418.
The history of globalization is anything but a no-frills affair that moves smoothly along a clear-cut, unidirectional path of development, eventually leading to seamless global integration. Accordingly, scholarship in the social sciences has increasingly argued against equating the history of globalization processes and transcultural entanglements with the master narrative of the gradual homogenization of the world. Examining the shifting patterns of global connections has, therefore, become the main challenge for all those who seek to understand the past, the present and the future of modern societies. And this challenge includes finding a place for the nation state. The studies presented ... Read more
The history of globalization is anything but a no-frills affair that moves smoothly along a clear-cut, unidirectional path of development, eventually leading to seamless global integration. Accordingly, scholarship in the social sciences has increasingly argued against equating the history of globalization processes and transcultural entanglements with the master narrative of the gradual homogenization of the world. Examining the shifting patterns of global connections has, therefore, become the main challenge for all those who seek to understand the past, the present and the future of modern societies. And this challenge includes finding a place for the nation state. The studies presented ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer
Condition
New
Series
Transcultural Research - Heidelberg Studies on Asia and Europe in a Global Context
Number of Pages
260
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783642329333
SKU
V9783642329333
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