The Origins of Globalization: World Trade in the Making of the Global Economy, 1500-1800

ISBN-13: 9781108426992 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 354 str.

Pim de Zwart; Jan Luiten Van Zanden

Opis

Reveals how global trade shaped early modern economic, social and political development, and inaugurated the first era of globalization.

Recenzje

'Economic historians have established that the First Global Century was the nineteenth, recording the same globalization dynamic that the world has seen since the Second World War as the Second Global Century. This fine book shows how the years between 1500 and 1800 set the stage. Anyone interested in globalization should read this book.' Jeffrey G. Williamson, Harvard University, Massachusetts and University of Wisconsin

Spis treści

1. Introduction; 2. Global connections: ships, commodities and people; 3. Consequences of conquest in Latin America; 4. Africa and the slave trades; 5. Export-led development in North America; 6. Global trade and economic decline in South Asia; 7. The 'age of commerce' in Southeast Asia; 8. East Asia and the limits of globalization; 9. Europe and the spoils of globalization; 10. Conclusion.