A splendid exchange : how trade shaped the world
By: Bernstein, William J
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BookPublisher: London : Atlantic, 2009Description: x, 467 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 20 cm.ISBN: 9781843548034 (pbk.).Subject(s): International trade | International economic relations -- History | International business enterprises | GlobalizationDDC classification: 382.09
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Summary: Traces the evolution of international trade, from ancient Mesopotamia to today's global marketplace, exploring the influence of commerce on agriculture, technology, politics, and civilization as a whole.
Sumer -- The straits of trade -- Camels, perfumes, and prophets -- The Baghdad-Canton express -- The taste of trade and the captives of trade -- The disease of trade -- Da Gama's urge -- A world encompassed -- The coming of corporations -- Transplants -- The triumph and tragedy of free trade -- What Henry Bessemer wrought -- Collapse -- The Battle of Seattle.
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First published: USA : Grove Atlantic, 2008.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Sumer -- The straits of trade -- Camels, perfumes, and prophets -- The Baghdad-Canton express -- The taste of trade and the captives of trade -- The disease of trade -- Da Gama's urge -- A world encompassed -- The coming of corporations -- Transplants -- The triumph and tragedy of free trade -- What Henry Bessemer wrought -- Collapse -- The Battle of Seattle.
Traces the evolution of international trade, from ancient Mesopotamia to today's global marketplace, exploring the influence of commerce on agriculture, technology, politics, and civilization as a whole.
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