Sachs The Ages of Globalization

Geography, Technology, and Institutions
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-231-55048-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch

Jeffrey D. Sachs turns to world history to shed light on how we can meet the challenges and opportunities of the twenty-first century. He takes readers through a series of seven distinct waves of technological and institutional change, starting with early modern humans and ending with reflections on today’s globalization.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sachs, Jeffrey D.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Globalisierung
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Seven Ages of Globalization
2. The Paleolithic Age (70,000–10,000 BCE)
3. The Neolithic Age (10,000–3000 BCE)
4. The Equestrian Age (3000–1000 BCE)
5. The Classical Age (1000 BCE –1500 CE)
6. The Ocean Age (1500–1800)
7. The Industrial Age (1800–2000)
8. The Digital Age (Twenty-First Century)
9. Guiding Globalization in the Twenty-First Century
Acknowledgments
Data Appendix
Notes
Further Readings
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Jeffrey D. Sachs is University Professor and director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University. He is also director of the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network and has been advisor to three UN secretaries-general. He is a New York Times best-selling author, and his Columbia University Press books include The Age of Sustainable Development (2015), Building the New American Economy (2017), and A New Foreign Policy: Beyond American Exceptionalism (2018).