The World That Trade Created: Culture, Society and the World Economy, 1400-1918

In more than 75 brief vignettes, authors Pomeranz and Topik offer unique and entertaining historical perspectives on the world economy, showing that much of 20th century "globalization" goes back centuries.

Business & Money

Pomeranz, Kenneth

Topik, Steven

Economics

Routledge

Why are railroad tracks separated by the same four feet, eight inches as ancient Roman roads? How did 19th-century Europeans turn mountains of bird excrement from Peru into mountains of gold? Where has most of the world's oil come from in the 20th century? This new edition of "The World That Trade Created" reveals the answers to dozens of tantalizing questions like these. In a series of brief, highly readable vignettes the authors bring to life international trade and its actors - including migrants and merchants, pirates and privateers, sailors and slaves, traders and tree-tappers. In the process they make clear that the seemingly modern concept of economic globalization has deep historical roots. The authors also demonstrate that economic activity cannot be divorced from social and cultural contexts. This second edition provides enhanced coverage of Africa, the Middle East, and the 20th century, and features eighteen new vignettes, including two new pieces on oil.

The World That Trade Created: Society, Culture and the World Economy, 1400 to the Present (Sources and Studies in World History)

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The World That Trade Created: Society, Culture, and the World Economy - 1400 to the Present (Sources and Studies in World History)

In a series of brief vignettes the authors bring to life international trade and its actors, and also demonstrate that economic activity cannot be divorced from social and cultural contexts. In the process they make clear that the seemingly modern concept of economic globalisation has deep historical roots.

The World That Trade Created: Society, Culture and the World Economy, 1400 to the Present

Written for high school or beginning undergraduate students, this four-volume reference valiantly attempts to provide a historical framework for the perhaps overly broad concept of world trade. Entry topics were selected on trade organizations, influential people, commodities, events that affected trade, trade routes, navigation, religion, communic

Encyclopedia of World Trade: From Ancient Times to the Present: From Ancient Times to the Present

Manning, Patrick

Bentley, Jerry H.

ECKES Jr., ALFRED E.

Northrup, Cynthia Clark

International

The World That Trade Created

The World That Trade Created brings to life the history of trade and its actors. In a series of brief, highly readable vignettes, filled with insights and amazing facts about things we tend to take for granted, the authors uncover the deep historical roots of economic globalization. Covering over seven hundred years of history, this book, now in its fourth edition, takes the reader around the world from the history of the opium trade to pirates, to the building of corporations and migration to the New World. The chapters are grouped thematically, each featuring an introductory essay designed to synthesize and elaborate on key themes, both familiar and unfamiliar. It includes ten new essays, on topics ranging from the early modern ivory and slave trades across the Indian Ocean, to the ways in which the availability of new consumer goods helped change work habits in both Europe and East Asia, and from the history of chewing gum to that of rare earth metals. The introductory essays for each chapter, the overall introduction and epilogue, and several of the essays have also been revised and updated. The World That Trade Created continues to be a key resource for anyone teaching world history, world civilization, and the history of international trade.

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The World That Trade Created: Culture, Society and the World Economy, 1400-1918

The World That Trade Created: Culture, Society and the World Economy, 1400-1918

The World That Trade Created: Society, Culture and the World Economy, 1400 to the Present (Sources and Studies in World History)

The World That Trade Created: Society, Culture, and the World Economy - 1400 to the Present (Sources and Studies in World History)

The World That Trade Created: Society, Culture and the World Economy, 1400 to the Present

Encyclopedia of World Trade: From Ancient Times to the Present: From Ancient Times to the Present

The World That Trade Created