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

  • Bernstein, William J.
Date:
[2008], ©2008
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Description

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.

Publication/Creation

New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, [2008], ©2008.

Physical description

x, 467 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

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Edition

1st ed.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. [429]-447) 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.

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    History of Medicine
    ZQD /BER
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ISBN

  • 9780871139795
  • 0871139790