Michael Jordan and the New Global Capitalism
New Edition
29 October 2002
Description
Walter LaFeber's timely analysis looks at the ways that triumphant capitalism, coupled with high-tech telecommunications, is conquering the nations of the world, one mind—one pair of feet—at a time.
With Michael Jordan and the New Global Capitalism, Walter LaFeber has written a biography, a social history, and a far-ranging economic critique. From basketball prodigy to international phenomenon to seductive commercial ideal, Michael Jordan is the supreme example of how American corporations have used technology in a brave, massively wired new world to sell their products in every corner of the globe. LaFeber's examination of Nike and its particular dominion over the global marketplace is often scathing, while his fascinating mini-biography of Michael Jordan and the commercial history of basketball reveal much about American society. For this new paperback edition, LaFeber has added a chapter on globalization in a changed world, after mass protests and since September 11. "Bold, riveting....Brilliantly illuminates how hyper-US capitalism has spread its financial wings around the globe."—Douglas Brinkley "LaFeber brings an impressive intellect to bear on his subject."—Barbara Rudolph, Chicago Tribune
Also By: Walter LaFeber 
The Clash: U.S.-Japanese Relations Throughout History
Paperback, 1999
Winner of the Bancroft Prize
The American Age: U.S. Foreign Policy at Home and Abroad
Second Edition, 1, Paperback, 1995
In this leading text, Walter LaFeber offers a comprehensive history of American foreign relations from the mid-eighteenth century to the present.
The American Age: U.S. Foreign Policy at Home and Abroad Since 1896
Second Edition, 2, Paperback, 1995
The American Age: U.S. Foreign Policy at Home and Abroad
Second Edition, One Volume, Paperback, 1994
Inevitable Revolutions: The United States in Central America
Second Edition, Paperback, 1993
Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica are five small countries, and yet no other part of the world is more important to the US.
