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"We are not a nation, so much as a world": Melville's global consciousness.(Herman Melville )

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From: Studies in American Fiction
Date: 20050922
Author:Waugh, Charles

Typically, when one thinks of globalization, a variety of present-day dilemmas come to mind: recent protests in Barcelona, Washington, D.C., and Seattle against the World Trade Organization, Jose Boyd and other French farmers rejecting trade agreements and hamburgers, or multinational corporations dodging taxes in offshore accounts. Or a variety of new cultural possibilities may come up first: the Indian diaspora, Bollywood or the Hong Kong film industry, the rising popularity of "World Music," or the diversity of foods and other products readily available around the world on a ...