Globalization has become synonymous with the seemingly unfettered
spread of capitalist multinationals, but this focus on the West and
western economies ignores the wide variety of globalizing projects
that sprang up in the socialist world as a consequence of the end of
the European empires. This collection is the first to explore
alternative forms of globalization across the socialist world during
the Cold War. Gathering the work of established and upcoming scholars
of the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, and China, _Alternative
Globalizations_ addresses the new relationships and interconnections
which emerged between a decolonizing world in the postwar period and
an increasingly internationalist eastern bloc after the death of
Stalin. In many cases, the legacies of these former globalizing
impulses from the socialist world still exist today. Divided into four
sections, the works gathered examine the economic, political,
developmental, and cultural aspects of this exchange. In doing so, the
authors break new ground in exploring this understudied history of
globalization and provide a multifaceted study of an increasing
postwar interconnectedness across a socialist world.
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Eastern Europe and the Postcolonial World
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780253046536
Publisert
2020
Utgiver
Indiana University Press
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok