Globalization Since 1492 Class #1 January 11, 2006 Walls and Bridges Convergences and Networks.

Part 5 Book Review Assignment

There is a choice of 3 books to be reviewed for the book review assignment. Each of the texts covers 500 years of history and can be ranked by difficulty. The most accessible text is Open Veins of Latin America by Eduardo Galeano. The mid range book is The Dominion of War: Empire and Conflict in America, 1500-2000 by Fred Anderson and Andrew Cayton. The most difficult choice is The Long Twentieth Century by Giovanni Arrighi. This clip features a description of each book.