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CHAPTER 30A GLOBAL NATION

FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM

The New Millennium

CREATED EQUAL

JONES WOOD MAY BORSTELMANN RUIZ

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A GLOBAL NATION OverviewThe American Place in a Global EconomyThe Stewardship of Natural ResourcesThe Expansion of American Culture

AbroadIdentity in Contemporary America

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THE AMERICAN PLACE IN A GLOBAL ECONOMY

The Logic and Technology of GlobalizationFree Trade and the Global Assembly LineWho Benefits from Globalization?

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The Logic and Technology of Globalization

Computers increase American productivity

Internet, faxes, cell phones: Global communication

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Free Trade and the Global Assembly LineThe positives

Access to the best goods at lowest pricesWork and wages provided to developing nations

The negative viewsOnly the powerful, wealthy nations benefitEnvironmentalists warn of pollution due to unregulated globalizationUnions decry the loss of American jobsHuman Rights activists cite grim working conditions of developing

nations workers

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Who Benefits from Globalization?

The Stock Market and investorsAmerican consumers pay lower prices

for many productsCredit card providers

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THE STEWARDSHIP OF NATURAL RESOURCES

Ecological Transformation in the Twentieth Century

PollutionEnvironmentalism and Its

Limitations

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Ecological Transformation in the Twentieth Century

Population growth: 1990s America increases by 33 million

The Environment affected byCommercial loggingMiningWater consumptionEnergy consumption

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PollutionGreenhouse gases, the ozone, global

warming, and the automobileChemical production, poisonous

chemicals, heavy metals, and plasticNuclear waste

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Environmentalism and Its Limitations

A partisan view of the environmentRepublican: use natural resources to produce wealth

and raise the standard of livingDemocratic: more sympathetic to preservation of the

environment

The Americans’ view Support of strong antipollution laws and preservation of

public landsThe world’s largest consumer of energy provided

mainly by fossil fuels

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THE EXPANSION OF AMERICAN CULTURE ABROAD

A Culture of Diversity and EntertainmentU.S. Influence Abroad Since the Cold WarResistance to American Popular Culture

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A Culture of Diversity and Entertainment

Hollywood, CNN, and MTVIndividual choice, freedom of speech,

and large spending habitsSports mania

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U.S. Influence Abroad Since the Cold War

American culture, food, music, language, entertainment spreads throughout the world

America remains the main military superpower

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Resistance to American Popular Culture

The “slow food” movement in FranceNationalism: ethnic, religious, and

national identities found more meaningful

Muslim fundamentalists

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IDENTITY IN CONTEMPORARY AMERICANegotiating Multiple IdentitiesSocial Change and Abiding DiscriminationStill an Immigrant Society

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Negotiating Multiple Identities

Affirmative Action and “reverse discrimination”

The blurring of the race lines and the mapping of the human genome in 2001The U.S. Census of 2000 and racial categories:

the ability to choose more than one race

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Social Change and Abiding Discrimination

The desegregation of America 1/3 of black middle class and many participate in the political arena Black culture found throughout American arts

American women More women work outside of the home 1/3 of students of medical and law schools are women 1998: 1 in 3 girls play sports in high school

Gay men and Lesbians portrayed in movies and TV; active in politics

Native Americans: increase in population of over a million

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Still an Immigrant Society1 in 10 Americans born abroad

15% from Europe26% from Asia51% from Latin America and the CaribbeanEstimated 6 million undocumented Latino

workers

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September 11, 2001 Al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, and the Taliban

Former Afghanistan fighter from Saudia Arabia, bin Laden, heads Islamic fundamentalist terrorist organization of Al Qaeda

Repressive Islamic government of Afghanistan, the Taliban, host of bin Laden and al Qaeda

9/11/01 2 hijacked airliners piloted by al Qaeda operatives attack the World

Trade Centers resulting in their collapse 1 hijacked airliner attacks the Pentagon 1 hijacked airline crashes in the Pennsylvania countryside, apparently al

Qaeda mission aborted by passengers A loss of life near 3000