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An edition of A splendid exchange (2008)

A splendid exchange

how trade shaped the world

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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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Atlantic Monthly Press, Distributed by Publishers Group West
Language
English
Pages
467

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Subjects
Globalization, History, International business enterprises, International economic relations, International trade, Buitenlandse handel, Commerce international, Globalisering, Entreprises multinationales, Internationell handel, Multinationella företag, Internationell ekonomi, Historia, Relations économiques internationales, Mondialisation, Ekonomisk historia, Tariff
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prehistorical to modern times

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New York, [Berkeley, Calif.?]

Table of 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.

Edition Notes

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

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
382.09
Library of Congress
HF352 .B473 2008, HF352 .B47 2008, HF1379

The Physical Object

Pagination
x, 467 p., [16] p. of plates :
Number of pages
467

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL21174577M
Internet Archive
splendidexchange00bern_470
ISBN 10
0871139790
ISBN 13
9780871139795
LCCN
2008358012
OCLC/WorldCat
176987983
Library Thing
4986755
Goodreads
2413423

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This book tells the story of global commerce from its prehistorical origins to the myriad controversies surrounding it today

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