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100 1 $aBernstein, William J.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n00089316
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,$c[2008], ©2008.
300 $ax, 467 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations, maps ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [429]-447) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tSumer -- $g2.$tThe Straits of Trade -- $g3.$tCamels, Perfumes, and Prophets -- $g4.$tThe Baghdad-Canton Express -- $g5.$tThe Taste of Trade and the Captives of Trade -- $g6.$tThe Disease of Trade -- $g7.$tDa Gama's Urge -- $g8.$tA World Encompassed -- $g9.$tThe Coming of Corporations -- $g10.$tTransplants -- $g11.$tThe Triumph and Tragedy of Free Trade -- $g12.$tWhat Henry Bessemer Wrought -- $g13.$tCollapse -- $g14.$tThe Battle of Seattle.
520 1 $a"In A Splendid Exchange, William J. Bernstein tells the extraordinary story of global commerce from its prehistoric origins to the myriad controversies surrounding it today He begins in ancient Mesopotamia, where early traders floated barley, copper, and ivory up and down the Tigris and Euphrates, and he moves on to the Greeks, whose grain trade helped ignite the Peloponnesian War. He transports readers from the ships that carried silk from China to Rome on monsoon gales in the second century to the rise and fall of the Portuguese monopoly in spices in the sixteenth; from the rush for sugar that brought the British to Jamaica in 1655 to the American trade battles of the early twentieth century; from key innovations such as steam, steel, and refrigeration to the modern era of televisions from Taiwan, lettuce from Mexico, and T-shirts from China." "Bernstein explores how our age-old dependency on trade has contributed to our planet's agricultural bounty, stimulated intellectual progress, and made us both prosperous and vulnerable. Bernstein concludes that although the impulse to trade often takes a backseat to xenophobia and war, it is ultimately a force for good among nations, and he argues that societies are far more successful and stable when they are involved in vigorous trade with their neighbors." "A Splendid Exchange is a narrative that views trade and globalization not in political terms, but rather as an evolutionary process as old as war and religion - a historical constant - that will continue to foster the growth of intellectual capital, shrink the world, and propel the trajectory of the human species."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aInternational trade$xHistory.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009127437
650 0 $aInternational economic relations$xHistory.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008104839
650 0 $aInternational business enterprises$xHistory.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009127436
650 0 $aGlobalization$xHistory.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009125950
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