| The Making of a Digital World: The Evolution of Technological Change and How It Shaped Our World 2008 Edition Contributor(s): Rennstich, J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1403974489 ISBN-13: 9781403974488 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2008 Annotation: Providing a unique, empirically based perspective on the past and future development of globalization as a long-term process emerging in different parts of the world, this book puts current changes in a historical context in a systematic fashion, unpacking the global political, economic, social, and cultural implications of this change. It traces the resemblance of past commercial networks with emerging digital networks and contrasts them with industrial production systems. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Globalization - Political Science | International Relations - General |
| Dewey: 303.482 |
| LCCN: 2007027280 |
| Series: Evolutionary Processes in World Politics |
| Physical Information: 0.83" H x 6" W x 8.32" (0.92 lbs) 276 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book offers a unique perspective on current changes. Describing globalization as a long-term process of intertwined technological, economic, political, and cultural changes, the author identifies distinct phases in the global system development, and concludes that the pattern of change continues even with the rise of new digital technologies. |
