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A splendid exchange : how trade shaped the world / William J. Bernstein.
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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- ISBN: 9780871139795
- ISBN: 0871139790
- Physical Description: x, 467 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Atlantic Monthly Press ; c2008.
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| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [429]-447) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
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| 245 | 1 | 2. | ‡aA splendid exchange : ‡bhow trade shaped the world / ‡cWilliam J. Bernstein. |
| 250 | . | ‡a1st ed. | |
| 260 | . | ‡aNew York : ‡bAtlantic Monthly Press ; ‡a[Berkeley, Calif.?] : ‡bDistributed by Publishers Group West, ‡cc2008. | |
| 300 | . | ‡ax, 467 p., [16] p. of plates : ‡bill., maps ; ‡c24 cm. | |
| 520 | . | ‡aTraces 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. | |
| 504 | . | ‡aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [429]-447) and index. | |
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