Many of the present problems of 'globalization' are mirrored in the historical expansion of the European state system. This title is a structured, comparative case study analysis of four regions and examines how these regions and their peoples were absorbed into the expanding European-centered state system from roughly the 1400s through to 1800. | Myths State Expansion and the Birth of Globalization by J. Carlson, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters