The World: A Beginner's Guide Contributor(s): Therborn, Göran (Author) |
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ISBN: 0745643442 ISBN-13: 9780745643441 Publisher: Polity Press OUR PRICE: $27.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2011 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General |
Dewey: 301.090 |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.92 lbs) 240 pages |
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Publisher Description: What is the world of the 21st century like now that the centrality of the West is no longer given? How were the societies and cultures of today's world together with their interconnections forged, and what is driving human society in our times? In short, what is the state of the world today as we enter the second decade of the 21st century? This is the first book which deals with planetary human society as whole. It is a beginner's guide to the world after the West and after globalization, compact, portable, and jargon-free. It is aimed at everybody who, even with experience, has kept a beginner's curiosity of the world, to everybody who does not know everything they want to know about it, about the good, the evil, and the salvation of the world.
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