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Prime Movers of Globalization

Paperback • 2013 • English

Prime Movers of Globalization

By Vaclav Smil

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About the book

The many books on globalization published over the past few years range from claims that the world is flat to an unlikely rehabilitation of Genghis Khan as a pioneer of global commerce. Missing from these accounts is a consideration of the technologies behind the creation of the globalized economy. What makes it possible for us to move billions of tons of raw materials and manufactured goods from continent to continent? Why are we able to fly almost anywhere on the planet within twenty-four hour...Show more

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9780262518765

Publisher

MIT Press

Published year

2013

Language

English

Original title

Prime Movers of Globalization

Format

Paperback

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