Globalization and Post modernism

One element of The Yiddish Policeman's Union that can be identified as postmodern is the way that Chabon places the Jewish culture in Alaska and incorporates the two different cultures into an everyday way of life for the characters (ex.: Berko Shemets is one character that is half-Jewish and half-Tlingit.). The mobility presented in the novel of being able to completely move one ethnic group almost completely around the world is an excellent example of globalization. Globalization is literally making something that was once bound to an area a piece of the global culture. Another element of the novel that I found to be a phenomenal example of post modernism is the changing of World War II history in the novel. The world of Chabon's novel is very extreme, and it could not have possibly existed in today's world.
Last semester, in another English course, we had to endure reading and watching Children of Men. The story is set in England, a little further in the future than today. However, people can no longer have children. That's the basic premise. Immigration is an extreme problem, because for some reason that I was not able to grasp, everyone wants to get into England. Anyway, while I was reading The Yiddish Policeman's Union, I was somewhat reminded of Children of Men by P.D. James. James presents a dystopian, fragmented world deeply strained by the globalization of people, the decreasing health of the environment, and the fact that people are no longer able to reproduce. The world that Children of Men takes place in is a distorted reflection of our world today, with a few of the minor details changed around. In the novel, all countries (including the United States) have fallen into complete shambles, and the slogan "Only Britain Stands!" is found in many places throughout the film. While the two different novels really don't seem to have much in common, the ideas of globalization and an altered history are what I found epitomized post modernity throughout the works.