TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bernstein, William J.
TI  - A splendid exchange: how trade shaped the world 
SN  - 9781843548034
AV  - 382.09 BER
U1  - 382.09 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - London
PB  - Atlantic Books
KW  - International trade
KW  -  History
KW  - International economic relations
KW  - International business enterprises
KW  - Globalization
KW  -  History.
KW  -  sears
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  -