This book presents the history of globalization as a network-based story in the context of Big History. Departing from the traditional historic discourse, in wh

In this work, Jurgen Osterhammel and Niels Petersson make the case that globalization is not so new, after all. Arguing that the world did not turn "global" ove

This book presents the history of globalization as a network-based story in the context of Big History. Departing from the traditional historic discourse, in wh

Globalisation was the buzzword of the 1990s; it promises to become even more important in the first decade of the new century. There is now a flood of literatur

Globalisation will become a major theme of historical research during the next decade - this book will help to set a new agenda.