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Global Community: The Role of International Organizations in the Making of the Contemporary World
Akira Iriye
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Paperback. A study of international organizations. It traces the crucial role played by international organizations in determining the shape of the world. It illuminates the evolution and meaning of the global community and global consciousness. Num Pages: 255 pages. BIC Classification: JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350. The Role of International Organizations in the Making of the Contemporary World. 255 pages. A study of international organizations. It traces the crucial role played by international organizations in determining the shape of the world. It illuminates the evolution and meaning of the global community and global consciousness. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JPS. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 16. Weight: 360.
The 'global community' is a term we take for granted today. But how did the global community, both as an idea and as a reality, originate and develop over time? This book examines this concept by looking at the emergence, growth, and activities of international organizations - both governmental and nongovernmental - from the end of the nineteenth century to today. Akira Iriye, one of this country's most preeminent historians, proposes a significant rereading of the history of the last fifty years, suggesting that the central influence on the international scene in this period was not the Cold War, but ... Read more
The 'global community' is a term we take for granted today. But how did the global community, both as an idea and as a reality, originate and develop over time? This book examines this concept by looking at the emergence, growth, and activities of international organizations - both governmental and nongovernmental - from the end of the nineteenth century to today. Akira Iriye, one of this country's most preeminent historians, proposes a significant rereading of the history of the last fifty years, suggesting that the central influence on the international scene in this period was not the Cold War, but ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
255
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Weight
364g
Number of Pages
255
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520231283
SKU
V9780520231283
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About Akira Iriye
Akira Iriye is Charles Warren Professor of American History at Harvard University. He is the author of numerous books, including Cultural Internationalism and World Order (1997), The Globalization of America (1993), and China and Japan in the Global Setting (1992).
Reviews for Global Community: The Role of International Organizations in the Making of the Contemporary World
"This remarkable book shifts the focus of postwar international history away from Cold War rivalries and onto the astonishingly robust growth of international non-governmental organizations....[S]hould be required reading for the twenty-first century." - Emily S. Rosenberg, author of Financial Missionaries to the World; "An ambitious, sweeping reconceptualization of twentieth-century world politics that places transnational and non-governmental groups at the core ... Read more