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A splendid exchange : how trade shaped the world from prehistory to today

Author: William J Bernstein
Publisher: New York : Atlantic Monthly Press ; [Berkeley, Calif.?] : Distributed by Publishers Group West, ©2008.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: William J Bernstein
ISBN: 9780871139795 0871139790 9780802144164 0802144160
OCLC Number: 176987983
Description: x, 467 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
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.
Responsibility: William J. Bernstein.

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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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