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A splendid exchange : how trade shaped the world / William J. Bernstein.

By: Bernstein, William J
Publisher: New York : Atlantic Monthly Press : Distributed by Publishers Group West, c2008.Description: x, 467 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780871139795; 0871139790Subject(s): International trade -- History | International business enterprises -- History | Globalization -- HistoryDDC classification: 382.09
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.
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.
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Book Book British Museum Britain Europe and Prehistory Shelves PR 1/1 B (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 10003002
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [429]-447) 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.