Global Community: The Role of International Organizations in the Making of the Contemporary World

by Akira Iriye

Book Overview

The "global community" is a term we take for granted today. But how did the global community, both as an idea and as a reality, originate and develop over time? This book examines this concept by looking at the emergence, growth, and activities of international organizations--both governmental and nongovernmental--from the end of the nineteenth century to today. Akira Iriye, one of this country's most preeminent historians, proposes a significant...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520231287
• ISBN13: 9780520231283
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"

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