• historical roots and antecedents, see the Sidebars "The WTO and the Politics of Global Trade", "Seeds of Globalization", and "Global Impacts of the Industrial Revolution" in the Industrial Revolution article. .
• Social and cultural impacts of globalization are discussed in Culture: The Development of Global Culture, World Health Organization, World Food Supply, and Poverty: Causes of Poverty - The Global Distribution of Resources. .
• Political aspects are found in World Government, International Arms Control, the sidebar "Defense Planning after the Cold War" in the Cold War article, and the United Nations. .
• Business and economic aspects of globalization are discussed in Business: Current Trends, Foreign Trade: World Trade, World Trade Organization, and North American Free Trade Agreement, among others. .
• Technologies that have spurred globalization in the second half of the 20th century include Telecommunications, the Internet, Television, Global Positioning Systems, Communications Satellites, Electronic Funds Transfer, and World Wide Web. .
• Ecological and environmental impacts of globalization may include Global Warming, Deforestation, Pollution, and Endangered Species. .
• Writers and thinkers who have addressed different facets and effects of globalization include Marshall McLuhan, R. Buckminster Fuller, and George B. Schaller. .
REFER MICROSOFT ENCARTA-------KEY WORD-GLOBALIZATION.
Globalization- global university.
Globalization, integration and democratization of the world's culture, economy, and infrastructure through transnational investment, rapid proliferation of communication and information technologies, and the impacts of free-market forces on local, regional and national economies.
THE DEVELOPMENT OF GLOBAL CULTURE .
Rapid changes in technology in the last several decades have changed the nature of culture and cultural exchange.
