Akira Iriye is Professor of American history and Chair of the History Department at Harvard University. Bruce Mazlish is a senior professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, specialising in intellectual history and world history.

• Introduction  1. The Question of Periodization  2. Time and Space  3. The Information Revolution  4. Multinational Enterprises  5. Migrations  6. Consumerism  7. The Natural Environment  8. Human Rights  9. Non-Governmental Organizations  10. Internationalism  11. Global Culture  12. The Globalization of Disease  13. Terrorism  14. Syntheses and Conclusions

Akira Iriye is Professor of American history and Chair of the History Department at Harvard University. Bruce Mazlish is a senior professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, specialising in intellectual history and world history.

• Introduction  1. The Question of Periodization  2. Time and Space  3. The Information Revolution  4. Multinational Enterprises  5. Migrations  6. Consumerism  7. The Natural Environment  8. Human Rights  9. Non-Governmental Organizations  10. Internationalism  11. Global Culture  12. The Globalization of Disease  13. Terrorism  14. Syntheses and Conclusions