The term globalization is a modern one but a new exhibit at Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library shows that it might merely be a new name for a centuries-old phenomenon.

The author is professor of history at Princeton University Many people wish that globalization would simply stop. After September 11, some critics of globalization, such as the British philosopher, ...

Reflections on the history of globalization Globalization is propelled by two fundamental and intertwined driving forces: technology and political-economic structure.

A Brief History of Globalization1295 Marco Polo returns to Venice after a long sojourn in China, laden with silk and jewels and tales of the fabulous wealth of the Orient. His exploits rekindle a ...

On this anniversary of Magellan's first expedition to circumnavigate the globe, we should reflect on the trajectory globalization has taken—and adopt a more cosmopolitan approach to life on our ...

"The roads brought the villages into the modern word, which is essentially a globalization process," said van der Leeuw, who will give an anthropologist's view on how globalization works at the ...

Why is the firm overlooked as a contributor when we identify the drivers of globalization? Geoffrey Jones discusses his new book, Entrepreneurship and Multinationals: Global Business and the ...