Concorde’s last day in Global History
Video: Concorde’s last flight. There are moments in history in which the World Order changed and historians are always trying to get them accepted and applauded by their colleagues. Those specific...
View ArticleNew M.A. in History at Universidad Francisco Marroquin, Guatemala.
I am very happy to learn that Universidad Francisco Marroquín has a new MA in History (official website in Spanish). It seems that the program will be leaded by the Sociologist Carlos Sabino and the...
View ArticleJoel Cohen: Top 10 key population trends on Earth with 7 billion
Joel Cohen is the author of the 1996′s bestseller on Population studies titled ”How Many People Can the Earth Support?“. I remember some of its content and that it was one of the first book...
View ArticleWhere are the world’s biggest Chinese and Indian immigrant communities?
The Economist published a mind-blowing graphic depicting the migration of Chinese and Indian people around the world. The asses that “more Chinese people live outside mainland China than French people...
View ArticleJournal Reco: Globalization and Global History in Toynbee
Abstract This article traces the intellectual history of Arnold J. Toynbee. It centers on early twentieth-century British social thought and its synthesis of idealism and evolution. Toynbee used this...
View ArticleDid Empire Matter? Indian Migration in Global Context 1834-1940
Prof. Adam McKeown from Columbia University did an online conference a couple weeks ago (November 08, 2011. University of Pittsburgh. World History Center.). The title was “Did Empire Matter? Indian...
View ArticleDiscourse: Nationalization, Private Companies and Crony Capitalism
The neoliberal (a.k.a. crony capitalism) ruling of the world during the last 50 years is usually generalized as a “big fish eats small fish” relationship. The story continues, with the big fish in...
View ArticleThe role of Ethics, Economic Power and Political Power in Big Corporations
Today in class we had a short discussion on which is the economic and political power of Corporations and Transnational Companies in the Global Political Economy as compared with the power that have...
View ArticleConference: Global History of Agrarian Labor Regimes, 1750 to 2000 (Harvard...
My interest in Agrarian Labor Regimes was first awaken in my research on Opium trade in India. Since then, more readings have made me realize the complex structures behind the history of agrarian labor...
View ArticleCelebrating Charles Darwin Day
Today people around the world celebrates the 204 Anniversary of Charles Darwin birth. To me this day is special and I celebrate the life and work of this great man by sharing with you the WHY he is...
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