History Exam
Vick777HIST 285 - Technology in Historical Perspective
Department of History & Politics
“Globalization”
I. Introduction
A. Advocates and Critics
B. Facsimiles
C. McDonalds
II. Convergence vs. Divergence
The Limits of Convergence: Globalization and Organizational Change in Argentina,
South Korea, and Spain Mauro F. Guillén
III. Facsimiles
International standards and Geographical relocation
A. Precursors
1. 1930s - William Finch
- 1935 Patent for
Finch Telecommunications Laboratories
B. A niche product
1. AP Wire
2. Military
C. CCITT
1. “Handshaking”
2. 1980s – Digital processing
D. The move to Japan
1. Matsushita
IV. McDonald’s
A. Critics
1. Jose Bove
2. McLibel suit
C. The Russian case
1. 1990 - The world’s largest McDonald’s
2. Cold War, Glasnost and Perestroika
3. The McComplex in Moscow
4. “Voting with their feet”
5. The reverse effect
V. Conclusions
A World Without Borders: What is Happening with Globalization (2002)
Darwin’s Nightmare (2006)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mBZBpL1KiA&feature= related