![]() | The Shock of the Global: The 1970s in Perspective Subjects: Nineteen seventies; History Modern -- 1945–1989; Globalization -- History -- 20th century; Globalization -- Social aspects -- History -- 20th century; Globalization -- Political aspects -- History -- 20th century; Social change -- History -- 20th century; From the vantage point of the United States or Western Europe, the 1970s was a time of troubles: economic "stagflation," political scandal, and global turmoil. Yet from an international perspective it was a seminal decade, one that brought the reintegration of the world after the great divisions of the mid-twentieth century. It was the 1970s that introduced the world to the phenomenon of "globalization," as networks of interdependence bound peoples and societies in new and original ways. |
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