`Bound Together` by Nayan Chanda Reflective Essay

Running head : BOUND TOGETHER AND GLOBALIZATION

Bound Together and the Issues on Globalization

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Bound Together and the Issues on Globalization

Nayan Chanda (2007 , on the book Bound Together : How Traders Preachers , Adventurers , and Warriors Shaped Globalization ' describes the history of globalization as a process that has existed even during the early civilizations of the world . The book is divided into sections that narrated different stories about how traders , preachers adventurers and warriors were able to initiate the process of globalization . As has been

recognized by Chanda (2007 , as early as human beings migrated from Africa and dispersed throughout the world ' they have established various ways to reconnect with each other . For Chanda (2007 ) the process of globalization is synonymous to interconnectedness and interdependence ' which took place thousands of years ago

The story opens on the scenario where the writer and his wife arrived to New Haven , Connecticut and have an electrician to fix some electrical outlets at their new home . The electrician , named Jerry , asked Chanda about what he is doing at Yale . Chanda answered his question citing that he is working with the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization Jerry 's reaction to such answer was different because he have his negative perception about the word globalization ' As Jerry uttered Isn 't it true that globalization destroys the rain forest (Chanda 2007 ,

. ix . From this encounter , Chanda realized that indeed , the word globalization has earned different definitions and connotations which made it complicated...