ISBN:
0275991849
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0275991814
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0275991822
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0275991830
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9780275991845
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9780275991814
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9780275991821
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9780275991838
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (3 v. in 1 (various pagings))
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ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Praeger perspectives
Parallel Title:
Print version The Impact of Globalization on the United States
DDC:
303
Keywords:
Globalization
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United States Social conditions 21st century
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United States Economic conditions 21st century
Abstract:
Over the past decade, a virtual cottage industry has arisen to produce books and articles describing the nature, origins, and impact of globalization. Largely and surprisingly absent from this literature, however, has been extensive discussion of how globalization is affecting the United States itself. Indeed, it is rarely even acknowledged that while the United States may be providing a crucial impetus to globalization, the process of globalization Ñ once set in motion Ñ has become a force unto itself. Thus globalization has its own logic and demands that are having a profound impact within t
Description / Table of Contents:
CONTENTS; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction: Globalization's Impact on American Culture and Society: An Overview - Michelle Bertho; Part I. Fragmentation and Transformation of American Society; Chapter 1 Capitalism's Churn and Cultural Conflict: How Globalization Has Fractured American Society and Why It Will Be Difficult to Put the Pieces Back Together - Ronnie D. Lipschutz; Chapter 2 Transnational Migrant Networks, Citizenship Rights, and the Future of the Nation-State: The Case of Latin American Migration to the United States - James Cohen
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 3 From Mother Africa to Blacks with Accents: Diaspora and African American Studies in the United States -Tyler StovallChapter 4 Racial Politics and Racial Theory in the Twenty-First-Century United States - Howard Winant; Part II. Globalization and Fears; Chapter 5 Globalization, Race, and the Politics of Fear in the United States - Andrew L. Barlow; Chapter 6 Un-American Gothic: The Fear of Globalization in Popular Culture - Paul A. Cantor
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 7 Cultural Globalization and American Culture: The Availability of Foreign Cultural Goods in the United States - Diana Crane and Susanne JanssenPart III. Globalization as a Source of Creativity and Innovation in Civil Society; Chapter 8 Art on the Borderline - Tirza True Latimer; Chapter 9 ""True Things That Bind Us"": Globalization, U.S Language Pluralism, and Gay Men's English - William Leap; Chapter 10 The Globalization of U.S Sports: From the Pros to the Playgrounds - Tim Wendel; Chapter 11 Retaining Faith in the Land of the Free - Sara Heitler Bamberger; Index
Description / Table of Contents:
About the Editor and Contributors
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.es
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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