Globalization is defined as “the process by which the experience of daily life, marked by the diffusion of goods and ideas, becomes standardized across the world” and as “a process fueled by and resulting in an increase in cross-border flows of goods, services, money, people, information and culture. Currently, globalization is taking place at a fairly rapid pace. Although this accelerated pace of globalization is a recent phenomenon, globalization occurred well before the 1980s, when its name was first widely used. Since this recent acceleration of globalization, people have become fascinated by this process and, as a result, many believe that globalization can be stopped. Although they raise some relevant points, these people ultimately fail to realize that globalization has existed since at least the Age of Exploration (15th-17th centuries). Furthermore, these people do not see globalization for what it really is, a process of change. Although the rapid pace at which this change is currently occurring is set to slow over time, globalization itself cannot be stopped at this point. Although it has been widely argued over the past two decades that globalization is reversible, or that it can be stopped. , these agreements tend to be flawed. These arguments tend to cite the years 1914-1944, the periods during and between World War I and World War II, as evidence that globalization can be undone. Before this period, the world had just experienced a strong acceleration in globalization, propelled by remarkable technological and communication advances and marked by a drastic increase in trade and convergent prices. However, after the war, countries began to...... middle of paper ......m H. "Chapter 1: Human Migration: A Historical Overview." Past and future / William H. McNeill. Chicago: University of Chicago, 1964. N. pag. Print.Merriam-Webster. Merriam-Webster, nd Web. November 2013. Micklethwait, John and Adrian Wooldridge. “The backlash of globalization”. Foreign Policy 126 (2001): 16-28. Print.Mirza, Amna. “Understanding the current state of globalization.” Weekly general public. Mainstream Weekly, May 22, 2010. Web. November 2013. Pankaj, Ghemawat. “Why the world is not flat.” Foreign Policy 159 (2007): 54-60. Print. Randeria, Shalini. “The State of Globalization: Legal Plurality, Overlapping Sovereignties, and Ambiguous Alliances Between Civil Society and the Cunning State in India.” Theory, Culture and Society 24.1 (2007): n. page. Print.Sassen, Saskia. “The global city: presentation of a concept. » The Brown Journal of World News XI.2 (2005): 27-43. Print.