Globalization, communication and the concept of space in global history
To study changing patterns of communication, interactions and transfers is a principal focus of global history. Such shifting connectivity patterns produce new spaces that co-exist with and are complementary to geographic space. The creation, transformation and interaction of these spaces become a c...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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[2010]
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Historical social research
Year: 2010, Volume: 35, Issue: 1, Pages: 19-47 |
| ISSN: | 2366-6846 |
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| Online Access: | Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://www.jstor.org/stable/20762427
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| Author Notes: | Roland Wenzlhuemer |
| Summary: | To study changing patterns of communication, interactions and transfers is a principal focus of global history. Such shifting connectivity patterns produce new spaces that co-exist with and are complementary to geographic space. The creation, transformation and interaction of these spaces become a central object of study in global history if we want to understand processes of globalization — such as the alleged "shrinking of the world". At the same time, practitioners of global history constantly struggle with spatially delineating their field of study. Therefore, global history needs a new understanding of space that provides a framework for both — looking at space as an object of study as well as clearly identifying and demarcating the field of study. In this article, I propose an abstract, multi-layered and strictly relativistic understanding of space that will help the global historian to better master both challenges. |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 29.11.2023 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 2366-6846 |