Splendid exchange: how trade shaped the world. William J. Bernstein
Language: English Publication details: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press, 2008. New York:Description: x, 467pISBN:- 9780802144164
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List of maps --
ix --
Introduction p. 1 --
1. Sumer --
p. 20 --
2. The straits of trade --
p. 43 --
3. Camels, perfumes, and prophets p. 54 --
4. The Baghdad-Canton express --
p. 77 --
5. The taste of trade and the captives of trade --
p. 110 --
6. The disease of trade --
p. 130 --
7. Da Gama's urge --
p. 152 --
8. A world encompassed p. 198 --
9. The coming of corporations p. 214 --
10. Transplants --
p. 241 --
11. The triumph and tragedy of free trade --
p. 280 --
12. What Henry Bessemer wrought --
p. 316 --
13. Collapse --
p. 338 --
14. The Battle of Seattle. --
p. 366 --
Acknowledgments --
p. 387 --
Notes --
p. 389 --
Bibliography --
p. 429 --
Illustration credits --
p. 449 --
Index --
p. 453.
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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