Geopolitics and Globalization in the Twentieth Century - Hardcover

Blouet, Brian; Blouet, Brian W.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1861890850 ISBN 13: 9781861890856

Publisher: Reaktion Books, 2001

Synopsis

This book looks at the struggle between the processes of globalization and geopolitical forces over the last 150 years. The twentieth century witnessed a struggle between geopolitical states who wanted to close off and control earth space, resources and population and globalizing ones who wished to open up the world to the free flow of ideas, goods and services. Brian W. Blouet analyzes the tug-of-war between these tendencies, the playing out of which determined the shape and behavior of today's world. Beginning his survey in the late nineteenth century, Blouet shows how the Second World War served to focus international awareness on the ramifications of global controls, and how we may be facing the end of geopolitics today.

About this title

About the Author:

Brian W. Blouet is Huby Professor of Geography and International Education at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. He is the author of Halford MacKinder: A Biography (1987).

Review:

"The book offers an impressive marshalling of geopolitical history and serves as a useful overview of the resource difficulties faced by twentieth-century great powers"

(Michael Lang Journal of World History 2005-04-01)

About this edition

• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1861890850
• ISBN 13: 9781861890856
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256