Empires and Autonomy
Moments in the History of Globalization
Published on 1. January 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
394 pages
978-0-7748-1600-7 (ISBN)
Description
Globalization is one of the most significant developments of our time. But what distinguishes the present era from "golden" periods of empire building in past? Which elements of contemporary globalization and forms of autonomy are particularly novel and which are merely continuations of long-standing historical trends?
To address these questions, Empires and Autonomy brings together a distinguished group of scholars who explore particular historical moments that involved either the establishment or protection of autonomy. These global encounters inevitably involved friction, and the contributors examine the dialectic between globalization and autonomy at historical junctures that range in time from the Chinese occupation of Tibet in 1720 to the meeting between Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev in 1986 that led to the end of the Cold War. By examining these uniquely telling moments in the history of globalization and autonomy, this innovative collection provides novel insights into changes that are overtaking our contemporary world.
To address these questions, Empires and Autonomy brings together a distinguished group of scholars who explore particular historical moments that involved either the establishment or protection of autonomy. These global encounters inevitably involved friction, and the contributors examine the dialectic between globalization and autonomy at historical junctures that range in time from the Chinese occupation of Tibet in 1720 to the meeting between Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev in 1986 that led to the end of the Cold War. By examining these uniquely telling moments in the history of globalization and autonomy, this innovative collection provides novel insights into changes that are overtaking our contemporary world.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Vancouver
Canada
Target group
Adult education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
8 tables
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 165 mm
Weight
600 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7748-1600-7 (9780774816007)
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Stephen M. Streeter is an associate professor in the Department of History, McMaster University. John C. Weaver is Distinguished University Professor in the Department of History, McMaster University. 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.
Contributors: Virginia H. Aksan, Timothy Brook, Ravi de Costa, Yassine Essid, Daniel Gorman, Ulf Hedetoft, Adrian L. Jones, Ronald W. Pruessen, Samir Saul, Jeremy Stolow, and Neil White
Contributors: Virginia H. Aksan, Timothy Brook, Ravi de Costa, Yassine Essid, Daniel Gorman, Ulf Hedetoft, Adrian L. Jones, Ronald W. Pruessen, Samir Saul, Jeremy Stolow, and Neil White
Content
Preface
Acknowledgments
1 Introduction / Stephen M. Streeter, John C. Weaver, and William D. Coleman
2 Tibet and the Chinese World-Empire / Timothy Brook
3 Litigating for Freedom in the British Empire, 1815-22: The Universal and Local in Tension / John C. Weaver
4 Ottoman Military and Social Transformations, 1826-28: Engagement and Resistance in a Moment of Global Imperialism / Virginia Aksani
5 Wired Religion: Spiritualism and Telegraphic Globalization in the Nineteenth Century / Jeremy Stolow
6 The Internationalization of Capital Then and Now: The Late Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries / Samir Saul
7 Global Industrial Enclaves: Company Towns and Export-Processing Zones Compared, 1900-2000 / Neil White
8 Freedom of the Ether or the Electromagnetic Commons? Globality, the Public Interest, and Multilateral Radio Negotiations in the 1920s / Daniel Gorman
9 A Globalization Moment: Franklin D. Roosevelt in Casablanca (January 1943) and the Decolonization/Development Impulse / Ronald W. Pruessen
10 Paradigm Shift and the Nuremberg Trials: The Emergence of the Individual as a Subject and Object of International Law / Adrian L. Jones
11 The US-Led Globalization Project in the Third World: The Struggle for Hearts and Minds in Guatemala and Vietnam in the 1960s / Stephen M. Streeter
12 A Globalizing Moment: The United Nations' Decades for Development and the North African Countries / Yassine Essid
13 Snakes That Are Rainbows: Indigenous Worldviews and the Constitution of Autonomy / Ravi De Costa
14 Globalization and US Empire: Moments in the Forging of the Global Turn / Ulf Hedetoft
Notes; Works Cited; Contributors; Index
Acknowledgments
1 Introduction / Stephen M. Streeter, John C. Weaver, and William D. Coleman
2 Tibet and the Chinese World-Empire / Timothy Brook
3 Litigating for Freedom in the British Empire, 1815-22: The Universal and Local in Tension / John C. Weaver
4 Ottoman Military and Social Transformations, 1826-28: Engagement and Resistance in a Moment of Global Imperialism / Virginia Aksani
5 Wired Religion: Spiritualism and Telegraphic Globalization in the Nineteenth Century / Jeremy Stolow
6 The Internationalization of Capital Then and Now: The Late Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries / Samir Saul
7 Global Industrial Enclaves: Company Towns and Export-Processing Zones Compared, 1900-2000 / Neil White
8 Freedom of the Ether or the Electromagnetic Commons? Globality, the Public Interest, and Multilateral Radio Negotiations in the 1920s / Daniel Gorman
9 A Globalization Moment: Franklin D. Roosevelt in Casablanca (January 1943) and the Decolonization/Development Impulse / Ronald W. Pruessen
10 Paradigm Shift and the Nuremberg Trials: The Emergence of the Individual as a Subject and Object of International Law / Adrian L. Jones
11 The US-Led Globalization Project in the Third World: The Struggle for Hearts and Minds in Guatemala and Vietnam in the 1960s / Stephen M. Streeter
12 A Globalizing Moment: The United Nations' Decades for Development and the North African Countries / Yassine Essid
13 Snakes That Are Rainbows: Indigenous Worldviews and the Constitution of Autonomy / Ravi De Costa
14 Globalization and US Empire: Moments in the Forging of the Global Turn / Ulf Hedetoft
Notes; Works Cited; Contributors; Index