Since 1750, the world has become ever more connected, with processes of production and destruction no longer limited by land- or water-based modes of transport

Since 1750, the world has become ever more connected, with processes of production and destruction no longer limited by land- or water-based modes of transport

Volume II surveys the history of fashion from the nineteenth-century to the present day. Covering the period beginning with mass industry and ending with calls

The biological transformation of modern times -- The foundations of the modern global economy -- Reorganizing the global economy -- Localization and globalizati

From the fourth millennium BCE to the early second millennium CE the world became a world of cities. This volume explores this critical transformation, from the