SOCIOL 2 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Cultural Globalization, Human Migration, French Revolution
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In some ways, cultural globalization is ancient. Cultural artifacts, norms and values, ideas and understandings have a long history of spreading around the world. Despite these ancient antecedents, many scholars agree that cultural globalization accelerated in modern era. Modern era saw the rise and diffusion of a specific culture: the culture of modernity. Historians generally date modernity as a historical era from around 1500 to around mid-20th century. Era characterized by set of interrelated political, economic, and intellectual developments, largely emerging from european context, that transformed societies around the world. It"s no coincident that this era captures our two prior waves of. (some) political developments in modern era globalization! Imperialism and exploration: global expansion of european empires to americas, Development of the nation-state system over the course of the 17th, 18th, and. Also, strengthening of democratic ideals (e. g. french revolution in 18th century) Expansion of international trade resulting from imperial expansion. Industrial revolution: rapid and extensive industrialization in europe and.
