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BORN AGAIN: GLOBALIZATION'S SIXTEENTH CENTURY ORIGINS (ASIAN/GLOBAL VERUS EUROPEAN DYNAMICS)
Author(s) -
Flynn Dennis O.,
Giráldez Arturo
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
pacific economic review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.34
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1468-0106
pISSN - 1361-374X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0106.2008.00403.x
Subject(s) - globalization , context (archaeology) , convergence (economics) , china , economics , narrative , salient , dynamics (music) , economic geography , economy , sociology , development economics , political science , history , economic growth , law , market economy , pedagogy , linguistics , philosophy , archaeology
. Globalization began when all heavily populated land masses began interacting – both directly and indirectly via other land masses – in a sustained manner with deep consequences for all interacting regions. Globalization emerged during the sixteenth century. Dynamism emanating from within China played a pivotal role. Valid hypotheses concerning globalization's emergence must accommodate evidence from numerous disciplinary debates. Discussion of globalization's birth in terms of economic issues alone – for example, O’Rourke and Williamson's price convergence of the 1820s – is doomed. The central role of economic history – including Chinese economic history – becomes salient when arguments are formulated in the context of a multidisciplinary, global historical narrative.