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HISTORY FULL TEXT LANGUAGE / LITERATURE PHILOSOPHY / ETHICS INTERNET
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What is Globalization? . Ancient caravans traveling from country to country can be seen as the historic forerunners of the modern concept of globalization, rooted in extended economic systems. For as long ago as we have historic records, people have immigrated across national boundaries permanently or traveled by the season in order to graze flocks, carry trade goods, seek education, find employment, and escape persecution for political, social or religious reasons. But globalization in the modern sense means something different. Globalization refers to the interrelated nature of societies and cultures, most especially their economies, and also affects those who stay at home and do not cross national boundaries. Globalization asks nations to adopt some of the same laws and regulations for their citizens, companies, agencies, and imports as one or many other nations, in return for largely economic advantage. Treaties are the portals through which globalization marches forward; for example those establishing the European Union and the World Trade Organization. Finally, travel - of people, goods, and information enables and is evidence of globalization. Modern communication technologies, most especially the Internet but also phone, fax, and satellite links, are key engines which power globalization. Economic globalization is ... the increasing integration of economies around the world, particularly through trade and financial flows. ...and the movement of people (labor) and knowledge (technology) across international borders. There are also broader cultural, political and environmental dimensions...The Globalized world is a wild and wooley place, especially in terms of information resources. On the open Internet, Globalization sources must be carefully selected, and their derivation considered to be sure that they come from a reliable body. Otherwise, they can be presented to support extreme views, with Globalization shown in technicolor terms as the villain of the world village. Or, promising great salvation. One way to be sure that sources are reliable is to fully utilize the careful and often scholarly resources available through the library's subscription services and in its paper and electronic text and data collections. This guide is designed to delineate a pathway and in many cases to provide a direct portal to the broad and rich palette of resources available at Princeton University for the study of Globalization. Many of the resources listed here are licensed for Princeton's academic use and are not available outside our campus community. Another excellent group of resources for the study of
Globalization
is found in the International
Networks
Archive, a project of Princeton's Sociology Department. The
International
Networks Archive, at http://www.princeton.edu/~ina, presents a topical
arrangement of many open source materials from reliable bodies, freely
available on the open Internet.
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