TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bernstein,William J.
TI  - A splendid exchange: how trade shaped the world 
SN  - 9780871139795 :
AV  - HF352 .B47 2008
PY  - 2008///
CY  - New York, NY, [Berkeley, CA?]
PB  - Atlantic Monthly Press, Distributed by Publishers Group West
KW  - International trade
KW  - History
KW  - International economic relations
KW  - International business enterprises
KW  - Globalization
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [429]-447) and index; 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
N2  - 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
ER  -