A Splendid Exchange by William J. Bernstein
How Trade Shaped the World
A sweeping narrative history of how trade networks and the flow of goods, ideas, money and disease shaped civilizations from antiquity to the modern era, tracing routes from the Silk Road and spice trade through European exploration, mercantilism, and the rise of global capitalism; it explains how commerce drove technological innovation, created financial institutions, reshaped political power, and connected disparate cultures while producing both prosperity and exploitation.
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- Published
- 2008
- Nationality
- American
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- Pages
- 384 pages
- Original Language
- English
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