TY  - BOOK
AU  - Marling,William
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - How "American" is globalization?
AV  - JZ1318 .M345 2006eb
U1  - 337.73 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Baltimore
PB  - Johns Hopkins University Press
KW  - Globalization
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Civilization, Modern
KW  - American influences
KW  - United States
KW  - Foreign relations
KW  - 2001-2009
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-213) and index; "Less than we think" -- What are we talking about when we talk about globalization? -- Is English conquering the world? -- The ubiquitous American film -- American television and the rise of local programming -- The McDonalds' brouhaha -- What about the Internet? -- Do American companies dominate the world economy? -- Seeing ourselves everywhere -- The resistance of the local -- Language -- Communicative distance -- Food -- Gender -- Education -- Work -- Land use -- Tribalism -- Corruption -- Smuggling and counterfeiting -- Taxes -- The resistance of the local -- "More than we know" -- ATMs -- The money market -- Flexible manufacturing -- Franchising -- Airfreight -- Containerized freight -- Bar codes -- Computing -- Logistics; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2009; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
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