Power and plenty trade, war, and the world economy in the second millennium
"International trade has shaped the modern world, yet until now no single book has been available for both economists and general readers that traces the history of the international economy from its earliest beginnings to the present day. Power and Plenty fills this gap, providing the first fu...
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Princeton, N.J.
Princeton University Press
2007
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : Geographical and historical background
- The world economy at the turn of the first millennium
- World trade 1000-1500 : The economic consequences of Genghis Khan
- World Trade 1500-1650 : Old world trade and new world silver
- World trade 1650-1780 : The age of rcantilism
- Trade and the industrial revolution
- World trade 1780-1914 : The great specialization
- World trade 1914-39 : Deglobalization
- Reglobalization : The late twentieth century in historical perspective
- Globalization at the dawn of the twenty-first century