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

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Grove Press [Berkeley, Calif.?] : Distributed by Publishers Group West, c2008.Edition: 1st edDescription: x, 467 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780802144164
  • 0871139790
  • 9780871139795
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 382.09 22
Other classification:
  • 382.09
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.
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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Books Books Junaid Zaidi Library, COMSATS University Islamabad 382.09 BER-S (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 45877
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [429]-447) and index.

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.

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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