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Harold James examines the vulnerability and fragility of processes of globalization, both historically and in the present. This book applies lessons from past breakdowns of globalizationabove all in the Great Depressionto show how financial crises provoke
A timely call for recovering the true meanings of the nineteenthcentury terms that are hobbling current political debates Masterful. . . . James cuts through the tangled terminological and conceptual jungle of modern globalist discourse . . . [with] fasc
Modern America owes the Roman Empire for more than gladiator movies and the architecture of the nation's Capitol. It can also thank the ancient republic for some helpful lessons in globalization. So argues economic historian Harold James in this maste
A leading economic historian presents a new history of financial crises, showing how some led to greater globalization while others kept nations apart [A] fascinating book.Martin Wolf, Financial Times , Best Books of 2023Economics The eminent economic h
"Globalization" is here. Signified by an increasingly close economic interconnection that has led to profound political and social change around the world, the process seems irreversible. In this book, however, Harold James provides a sobering h
The history of Krupp is the history of modern Germany. No company symbolized the best and worst of that history more than the famous steel and arms maker. In this book, Harold James tells the story of the Krupp family and its industrial empire between the