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A splendid exchange : how trade shaped the world

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
Print Book, English, ©2008
Atlantic Monthly Press : Distributed by Publishers Group West, New York, ©2008
History
x, 467 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
9780871139795, 0871139790
1004925460
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