Power and plenty [Elektronisk resurs] : trade, war, and the world economy in the second millennium

Böcker. Princeton : Princeton University Press. 2009.

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 full account of world trade and development over the course of the last millennium. Ronald Findlay and Kevin O'Rourke examine the successive waves of globalization and "deglobalization" that have occurred during the past thousand years, looking closely at the technological and political causes beh
COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; PREFACE; 1 Introduction: Geographical and Historical Background; 2 The World Economy at the Turn of the First Millennium; 3 World Trade 1000-1500: The Economic Consequences of Genghis Khan; 4 World Trade 1500-1650: Old World Trade and New World Silver; 5 World Trade 1650-1780: The Age of Mercantilism; 6 Trade and the Industrial Revolution; 7 World Trade 1780-1914: The Great Specialization; 8 World Trade 1914-39: Deglobalization; 9 Reglobalization: The Late Twentieth Century in Historical Perspective
10 Globalization at the Dawn of the Twenty-First CenturyBIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX;
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