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A splendid exchange : how trade shaped the world
- Title
- A splendid exchange : how trade shaped the world / William J. Bernstein.
- Author
- Bernstein, William J.
- Publication
- New York : Atlantic Monthly Press ; [Berkeley, Calif.?] : Distributed by Publishers Group West, c2008.
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Details
- Description
- x, 467 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps; 24 cm.
- 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.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- 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.
- Call Number
- JBE 08-1154
- ISBN
- 9780871139795
- 0871139790
- OCLC
- 176987983
- Author
- Bernstein, William J.
- Title
- A splendid exchange : how trade shaped the world / William J. Bernstein.
- Imprint
- New York : Atlantic Monthly Press ; [Berkeley, Calif.?] : Distributed by Publishers Group West, c2008.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [429]-447) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JBE 08-1154