Marxist Theories of Imperialism or The Global History Reader

Marxist Theories of Imperialism: A Critical Survey

Author: Anthony Brewer

Marxists have long argued that changes in the world economy accompanied by inequalities of wealth and power and the rise of the capitalist mode of production are profoundly interconnected. This revised and expanded edition of Marxist Theories of Imperialism provides a clear guide to this important body of theory. It covers a diverse range of figures, including Hobson, Luxemburg, Hilferding, Bukharin, Lenin, Frank, Wallerstein, Emmanuel, and Warren, as well as Marx himself.

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The Global History Reader

Author: Akira Iriy

Global history is a fast growing area of historical study. With the acceleration of the age of globalization in the twentieth century, we have been able to view the world across national boundaries. From the speed of electronic communications and the coverage of global news to the proliferation of 'ethnic' restaurants, globalization is situated directly in our everyday lives, and affects our perceptions of world events. It also has a major impact on how we should study the history of the world, and this reader shows how that can be put into practice.
Drawing together a wide international range of contributors, this ground-breaking work presents an important collection of essays to set globalization in its historical context. Thematic in focus, these essays also draw on perspectives from other disciplines, such as anthropology and development studies. The reader uses global history to view the history of the world through key themes that transcend national boundaries, such as terrorism, the environment,human rights, the information revolution and multinational corporations.
The Global History Reader is essential reading for all students with an interest in learning more about this definitive new area of historical study.

Table of Contents:

Pt. I	The question of periodization	15
1	Global history and world history	16
2	World history in a global age	21
Pt. II	Time and space	31
3	The culture of time and space	32
4	Technology and statecraft in the space age	46
Pt. III	The information revolution	51
5	Cyberculture	52
6	The global information revolution and state power	60
Pt. IV	Multinational enterprises	69
7	Globalization at bay	70
8	Mapping multinationals	79
Pt. V	Migrations	91
9	Diasporas, the nation-state, and globalization	92
10	Migration and its enemies	104
Pt. VI	Consumerism	115
11	The global city : New York, London, Tokyo	116
12	Consumerism in the context of the global ecumene	125
Pt. VII	The natural environment	133
13	Environmental activism	135
14	International environmental policy	146
Pt. VIII	Human rights	157
15	Human rights as an issue in world politics	158
16	Human rights as global imperative	169
Pt. IX	Non-governmental organizations	181
17	The role of international organizations	182
18	The third sector in the second world	191
Pt. X	Internationalism	201
19	Internationalism	202
20	The withering away of the nation?	209
Pt. XI	Global culture	221
21	The globalization of music	222
22	Scenarios for peripheral cultures	232
Pt. XII	The globalization of disease	241
23	The globalization of disease	242
24	Travel and infectious diseases	247
Pt. XIII	Terrorism	253
25	What is terrorism?	255
26	War with terrorism	264
Pt. XIV	Syntheses and conclusions	275
27	Cultural dimensions of globalization	276
28	The globalizing of modernity	285