Understanding globalization the social consequences of political, economic, and environmental change
Robert K. Schaeffer.
- 4th ed.
- Lanham, Md. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers c2009.
- xiv, 319 p. 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Globalizing production in the United States, Western Europe, and Japan -- Dollar devaluations -- Fighting inflation -- Debt crisis and globalization -- An age of migrations -- Dictatorship and democracy -- The rise of China -- The legacy of partition in India and Pakistan : 1947-1948 -- Partition in Palestine : 1948 -- Revolution and war in Iran and Iraq : 1978-1980 -- Revolution and war in Afghanistan -- The aftermath of 9/11 -- Global climate change.