ბათუმის შოთა რუსთაველის სახელმწიფო უნივერსიტეტის ბიბლიოთეკა

Bernstein, William J.

A splendid exchange : how trade shaped the world / William J. Bernstein. - 1st ed. - New York : [Berkeley, Calif.?] : Atlantic Monthly Press ; Distributed by Publishers Group West, c2008. - x, 467 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

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.

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.

9780871139795 0871139790 9780802144164

2008358012


International trade--History.
International economic relations--History.
International business enterprises--History.
Globalization--History.
International trade--History.
Globalization--History.

საგნობრივი რუბრიკები:
ეკონომიკა
ვაჭრობა
ვაჭრობა მსოფლიოში

HF352 / .B47 2008

382.09

UDC: 339.9+32 B-43