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Globalization: A Basic Text, 2nd Edition
Updated to reflect recent global developments, the second edition of A Basic Text presents an up-to-date introduction to major trends and topics relating to globalization studies.
550 pages, Paperback
First published August 1, 2009
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April 7, 2021
Though it is just an introduction to globalization this only tome really offer thr best explanation for every part of globalization. Enjoyed it and offer it to everybody who are keen on learning wtf globalization
April 9, 2019
Yes, this is a textbook. But I read the whole damn thing and enjoyed most of it. And it took time away from my leisure reading so it counts toward my challenge. Fight me.
Anyway, I read this text for a course in Globalization of Information for my MLIS. This book isn't specifically geared toward librarians so it was a beautiful breath of fresh air. It breaks down history, theory, and practice into mostly digestible information. It made me look at several aspects of our world very differently. It taught me things I didn't already know. My one realistic complaint is that it is dense AF in terms of information and layout. It was hard to absorb more than a chapter in a single sitting. Also, the text seriously needs to be broken up. Every page was a wall of words. So I'm basically complaining that there weren't more pictures. My one unrealistic complaint is that this edition was published before Trump and Brexit and some of the projected ways in which the authors (and sources they cited) thought the world would end up working are terribly wrong and I couldn't help but take my pen and write things like "HAHAHAHAHAHAHA" or "holy fuck" in the margins. But that's not the book's fault. Anyway, I liked this. If you end up having to read this for a class, it's actually pretty good.
Anyway, I read this text for a course in Globalization of Information for my MLIS. This book isn't specifically geared toward librarians so it was a beautiful breath of fresh air. It breaks down history, theory, and practice into mostly digestible information. It made me look at several aspects of our world very differently. It taught me things I didn't already know. My one realistic complaint is that it is dense AF in terms of information and layout. It was hard to absorb more than a chapter in a single sitting. Also, the text seriously needs to be broken up. Every page was a wall of words. So I'm basically complaining that there weren't more pictures. My one unrealistic complaint is that this edition was published before Trump and Brexit and some of the projected ways in which the authors (and sources they cited) thought the world would end up working are terribly wrong and I couldn't help but take my pen and write things like "HAHAHAHAHAHAHA" or "holy fuck" in the margins. But that's not the book's fault. Anyway, I liked this. If you end up having to read this for a class, it's actually pretty good.
January 1, 2026
I know textbooks aren't exactly meant to be compelling reads, but this was the worst textbook I had my first term by far. It's so incredibly dry and wordy it's hard to even get through a paragraph as someone who enjoys reading and is interested in the concepts.
October 17, 2018
Generally a decent textbook and relatively easy as an introduction. However, it's a lot of text without meaning, just to fill it out.
April 11, 2020
highly depressing pandemic-quarantine reading
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