The Ages of Globalization, Geography, Technology, and Institutions by Sachs, Jeffrey D. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Contents Preface 1 Seven Ages of Globalization

The Seven Ages The Acceleration of Change Economic Scale and the Pace of Change Malthusian Pessimism The Gradual Transformation to Urban Life The Interplay of Geography, Technology, and Institutions The Favorable Geographies Geopolitics and Globalization Looking Back to See Forward

2 The Paleolithic Age (70,000–10,000 BCE)

The First Age of Globalization Cultural Acceleration Human Society in the Upper Paleolithic Some Lessons from the Paleolithic Age

3 The Neolithic Age (10,000–3000 BCE)

Diffusion of Agriculture Within Ecological Zones The Early Alluvial Civilizations of Eurasia The Lucky Latitudes Some Lessons from the Neolithic Age

4 The Equestrian Age (3000–1000 BCE)

Animal Domestication Domestication of the Donkey and the Horse The Domestication of the Camel and Camelids The Metal Ages Comparing Old World and New World Developments The Yamnaya Breakthrough in Eurasia The Early Equestrian States Key Development Breakthroughs in the Fertile Crescent Some Lessons from the Equestrian Age

5 The Classical Age (1000 BCE–1500 CE)

The Axial Age Thalassocracy and Tellurocracy The Emergence of the Classical Land-Based Empires The Han Empire The Developed World as of 100 CE Global Trade Within the Lucky Latitudes The Fall of Rome and the Rise of Islam The Remarkable Song Dynasty of China The Last Hurrahs of the Steppe Conquerors Some Lessons from the Classical Age

6 The Ocean Age (1500–1800)

The Great Chinese Reversal The North Atlantic Quest for Ocean Navigation The Columbian Exchange The Gunpowder Age and the High Seas The New European Age of Inquiry The Birth of Global Capitalism Europe’s Scramble for Global Empire Insatiable Greed of the Empire Builders The Intertwining of State and Capital Indigenous Populations and African Slaves in the New World Feeding Europe’s Factories: Cotton Global Empire and Global War Adam Smith’s Summation of the Age of Global Empire Some Lessons from the Ocean Age

7 The Industrial Age (1800–2000)

From the Organic Economy to the Energy-Rich Economy Why Did Industrialization Start in Britain? Endogenous Growth and Kondratiev Waves The Diffusion of Industrialization in Europe The Great Global Divergence The Asian Drama: China, India, and Japan Europe Swallows Africa Anglo-American Hegemony The Thirty-Year European Bloodletting The American Century Decolonization and the Onset of Global Convergence Some Lessons from the Industrial Age

8 The Digital Age (Twenty-First Century)

The Digital Revolution Convergent Growth and China’s Surge to the Forefront The Challenges of Sustainable Development The Challenge of Inequality The Challenge of Planetary Boundaries The Risks of Conflict Some Lessons from the Digital Age

9 Guiding Globalization in the Twenty-First Century

Sustainable Development Social-Democratic Ethos Subsidiarity and the Public Sphere Reforming the United Nations Ethics in Action for a Common Plan

Acknowledgments Data Appendix Notes Further Readings Bibliography Index