A splendid exchange : how trade shaped the world /
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.
| Основен автор: | Bernstein, William J. |
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| Формат: | Книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
New York : [Berkeley, Calif.?] :
Atlantic Monthly Press ; Distributed by Publishers Group West,
c2008.
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| Издание: | 1st ed. |
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Съдържание:
- 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.