A splendid exchange : how trade shaped the world
Title:
A splendid exchange : how trade shaped the world
Author:
Bernstein, William J.
ISBN:
9780871139795
Edition:
1st ed.
Publication Information:
New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2008
Physical Description:
x, 467 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
General Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents:
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
Abstract:
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
Subject:
| International trade -- History |
| International economic relations -- History |
| International business enterprises -- History |
| Globalization -- History |
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