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100 1 $aBernstein, William J.
245 12 $aA splendid exchange :$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.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [429]-447) and index.
505 0 $aSumer -- 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.
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.
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650 0 $aInternational economic relations$xHistory.
650 0 $aInternational business enterprises$xHistory.
650 0 $aGlobalization$xHistory.
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