Globalization and the economics of radical change in China -- Setting the stage : a primer to the study of China …'s economic reforms -- Changing social institutions -- China in the global economy -- Environment, pollution, and renewable energy … -- Changing life chances -- The rule of law and prospects for democracy -- China's integration into the global political economy …

Introduction : geographical and historical background -- The world economy at the turn of the first millennium -- World … trade 1000-1500 : the economic consequences of Genghis Khan -- World Trade 1500-1650 : old world trade and new world silver … -- World trade 1650-1780 : the age of mercantilism -- Trade and the industrial revolution -- World trade 1780-1914 : the great …

examines social inequality and changing experiences of time, space, culture, travel, the environment and globalization. Through …