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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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Abstract:
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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