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Globalization. Edited by Debra A. Miller. Greenhaven Press Thomson*Gale, 2007. 224 p. $34.95. ISBN 10: 0-7377-3287-3; ISBN 13: 978-0-7377-3287-0.

Anyone in this country who has lost a job because it has been outsourced would say that globalization hurts workers. For those who feel it is an opportunity to expand the U.S. economy, their argument is that U.S. workers can be protected by unemployment insurance and training programs to prepare them for different work. Advocates of either side of the globalization issue harming workers in both the U.S. and in developing countries are included and further arguments are offered that globalization is destroying the environment. Each chapter offers an overview of the topic and then follows with the pros and cons of the issues. One sentence is given about the author of each essay; and it would be interesting to have students do additional research into the authors and why they might have taken their point of view. Appendixes have a three-page glossary, a five-page chronology, a ten-page listing of organizations to contact, with addresses, web sites, and a paragraph of additional information, and a four-page bibliography of additional resources. This will be a welcome addition for current events teachers.