Globalization
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Towers of Hiva
$14.99 Add to cartWall Street and Easter Island come crashing together in this epic and cautionary story of two lost civilizations: one perilously lost in the present and the other tragically lost in the past, each on
- Author: Swanson, Darren
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 276
- Publish Date: April 09 2025
- ISBN10: 173829451X
- Language: English
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China in Ten Words: Essays
$19.00 Add to cartFrom one of China’s most acclaimed writers: a unique, intimate look at the Chinese experience over the last several decades.
Framed by ten phrases common in the Chinese vernacular, China in Ten Words- Author: Hua, Yu
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: August 21 2012
- ISBN10: 0307739791
- Language: English
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Last Call for Bud Light: The Fall and Future of America’s Favorite Beer
$29.99 Add to cartThe astonishing inside story of how Bud Light lost its position as the most popular beer in the United States from a longtime Anheuser-Busch executive.
Anson Frericks, a former president at Anheuser-- Author: Frericks, Anson
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 04 2025
- ISBN10: 1668070901
- Language: English
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Friction: An Ethnography of Global Connection
$22.95 Read moreCo-Winner of the Senior Book Prize, American Ethnological Society
Rubbing two st
What the struggle over the Indonesian rainforests can teach us about the social frictions that shape the world around us- Author: Tsing, Anna Lowenhaupt
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: August 06 2024
- ISBN10: 0691263515
- Language: English
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City of Gold: Dubai and the Dream of Capitalism
$26.99 Add to cartAward-winning journalist Jim Krane charts the history of Dubai from its earliest days, considers the influence of the family who has ruled it since the nineteenth century, and looks at the effect of t
- Author: Krane, Jim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: November 23 2010
- ISBN10: 0312655436
- Language: English
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Endgame: Economic Nationalism and Global Decline
$20.00 Read moreA new account of globalization’s decline as the natural outworking of market economics.
Globalization as we know it is over. Industrial policies dismissed as obsolete for decades have been embraced b- Series: Field Notes
- Author: Merchant, Jamie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 20 2024
- ISBN10: 1789149142
- Language: English
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The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization
$34.99 Add to cart“A brilliant guide for the here and now.”—The New York Times Book Review
In this vivid portrait of the new business world, Thomas L. Friedman shows how technology, capital, and information are trans- Author: Friedman, Thomas L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: August 21 2012
- ISBN10: 1250013747
- Language: English
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The Split: Finding the Opportunities in China’s Economy in the New World Order
$29.95 Add to cartChina dominates manufacturing and is the world’s largest retail market, but for companies outside of China, finding ways to do business in the country is increasingly uncertain in the face of rising U… [more below]
- Author: Rein, Shaun
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 22 2024
- ISBN10: 139981639X
- Language: English
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Empty Vessel: The Story of the Global Economy in One Barge
$29.00 Add to cartThe rise of globalization and financialization as seen from a barge–one Swedish barge, to be exact, built in 1979
“The many-headed hydra of neoliberalism has found its chronicler.” –Sven Beckert, au- Author: Kumekawa, Ian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 06 2025
- ISBN10: 0593801474
- Language: English
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After Disney: Toil, Trouble, and the Transformation of America’s Favorite Media Company
$19.99 Add to cartThe untold succession struggle at Walt Disney Productions following the death of its founder, and the generational transformation which led to the birth of the modern multibillion-dollar animation ind… [more below]
- Author: O’Brien, Neil
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 04 2025
- ISBN10: 9798888451380
- Language: English
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Post-Europe
$17.95 Read moreEnvisioning a post-European thinking: not through a neutralization of differences nor a return to tradition, but through an individuation of thinking between East and West.
With the unstoppable advanc- Author: Hui, Yuk
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: October 22 2024
- ISBN10: 9798985423518
- Language: English
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The Shortest History of France: From Roman Gaul to Revolution and Cultural Radiance – A Global Story for Our Times
$16.95 Add to cartFrance is the most popular tourist destination in the world, thanks to its unsurpassed cultural and historical riches. Gothic architecture, Louis XIV opulence, revolutionary spirit, caf? society, haut
- Series: Shortest History
- Author: Jones, Colin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 25 2025
- ISBN10: 9.79889E+12
- Language: English
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The Pacific Circuit: A Globalized Account of the Battle for the Soul of an American City
$32.00 Add to cartAlexis Madrigal reveals how understanding Oakland explains the modern world.
In The Pacific Circuit, the award-winning journalist Alexis Madrigal sculpts an intricate tableau of the city of Oakland th- Author: Madrigal, Alexis
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: March 18 2025
- ISBN10: 0374159408
- Language: English
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Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture
$19.00 Add to cartFrom New Yorker staff writer and author of The Longing for Less Kyle Chayka comes a timely history and investigation of a world ruled by algorithms, which determine the shape of culture itself.
From t- Author: Chayka, Kyle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: January 21 2025
- ISBN10: 0593466799
- Language: English
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The Economic Government of the World: 1933-2023
$30.00 Add to cartForeign Affairs Best Books of the Year (2023)
An epic history of the people and institutions that have built the global economy since the Great Depression. In this vivid landmark history, the distingu- Author: Daunton, Martin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 1024
- Publish Date: November 12 2024
- ISBN10: 125033828X
- Language: English
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How Will Capitalism End?: Essays on a Failing System
$29.95 Add to cartOne of the “Best Books of the Year” Guardian – Financial Times – Times Higher Education
A major collection of essays that questions whether contemporary capitalism will end with a bang or a whimper–- Author: Streeck, Wolfgang
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 14 2017
- ISBN10: 1786632985
- Language: English
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Taking Back Control?: States and State Systems After Globalism
$34.95 Add to cartTaking back control? States and state systems after globalization
The era of hyperglobalization once hailed as the ‘end of history’ was characterised by boundless capitalist expansion. The neoliberal- Author: Streeck, Wolfgang
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: November 19 2024
- ISBN10: 1839767294
- Language: English
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The Icarus Curse: How Western Democracies Derailed and How to Get Back on Track
$35.00 Add to cartEconomic anxiety and loss of trust in civic institutions are driving more and more people to political extremes. How did we get here, and how do we get our economic policies back on track before the d
- Author: Van Overtveldt, Johan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: December 10 2024
- ISBN10: 1572843438
- Language: English
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Waste Wars: The Wild Afterlife of Your Trash
$32.00 Add to cartA globe-trotting work of relentless investigative reporting, this is the first major book to expose the catastrophic reality of the multi-billion-dollar global garbage trade.
Dumps and landfills arou- Author: Clapp, Alexander
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: February 25 2025
- ISBN10: 031645902X
- Language: English
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Defending Globalization: Facts and Myths about the Global Economy and Its Fundamental Humanity
$25.00 Add to cartThe COVID-19 pandemic, war in Ukraine, simmering US-China tensions, and rising global populism have led to globalization facing renewed attention-and criticism-from politicians and pundits across the
- Author: Lincicome, Scott
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 526
- Publish Date: November 12 2024
- ISBN10: 1964524679
- Language: English
