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10: Chapter 19: Of Masses and Visions of the Modern 1910-1930
By the 1970s the three-world system was brought under increased and intense strain. By 2000, the Second World had collapsed and the Third World had splintered. Globalization, a new design of power, increasingly shaped all societies. While not entirely new, the increased movements of peoples, capital, goods, and ideas across national borers in the last decade of the 20th century has clearly opened a new era in history. These forces have replaced large political empires as main driving force of global integration. To many this globalization is an Americanization. Although the United States has championed a number of these changes and has emerged as the most influential society, America itself is being transformed by the same forces of globalization. The nation-states are struggling to retain some sense of nationhood in face of emerging or resurging local, regional or even transnational identities. Globalization has not eliminated the disparities of wealth resources or education. If anything the process has heightened this gap.
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