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History/Military Performances of the Sacred in Late Medieval and Early Modern England (Repost)
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History/Military Reducing Poverty Through Growth And Social Policy Reform in Russia (Directions in Development)
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History/Military William J. Bernstein, "A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World"
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More William J. Bernstein, "A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World" A sweeping narrative history of world trade—from Mesopotamia in 3000 B.C. to the firestorm over globalization today—that brilliantly explores trade's colorful and contentious past and provides new insights into its future. Adam Smith wrote that man has an intrinsic "propensity to truck, barter, and exchange one thing for another." But how did trade evolve to the point where we don't think twice about biting into an apple from the other side of the world? In A Splendid Exchange, William J. Bernstein tells the extraordinary story of global commerce from its prehistoric origins to the myriad controversies surrounding it today. He begins in ancient Mesopotamia, where early traders floated barley, copper, and ivory up and down the Tigris and Euphrates, and he moves on to the Greeks, whose grain trade helped ignite the Peloponnesian War. He transports readers from the ships that carried silk from China to Rome on monsoon gales in the second century to the rise and fall of the Portuguese monopoly in spices in the sixteenth; from the rush for sugar that brought the British to Jamaica in 1655 to the American trade battles of the early twentieth century; from key innovations such as steam, steel, and refrigeration to the modern era of televisions from Taiwan, lettuce from Mexico, and T-shirts from China. Along the way, Bernstein, who is both a gifted storyteller and an accomplished economic theorist, brings to life a gallery of fascinating characters and synthesizes thousands of years of history—social, cultural, political, military, and economic—into a rich and engaging narrative. He explores how our age-old dependency on trade has contributed to our planet's agricultural bounty, stimulated intellectual progress, and made us both prosperous and vulnerable. Bernstein concludes that although the impulse to trade often takes a backseat to xenophobia and war, it is ultimately a force for good among nations, and he argues that societies are far more successful and stable when they are involved in vigorous trade with their neighbors. Lively, authoritative, and astonishing in scope, A Splendid Exchange is a riveting narrative that views trade and globalization not in political terms, but rather as an evolutionary process as old as war and religion—a historical constant—that will continue to foster the growth of intellectual capital, shrink the world, and propel the trajectory of the human species. Includes 23 maps and 40 black-and-white illustrations. From AudioFile Spanning thousands of years and civilizations, from the ancient Sumerians to modern society, A Splendid Exchange is a rich economic history. Narrator Mel Foster's delivery is unflagging as the work introduces us to a truly global panoply of civilizations. Phoenicians, Mongols, Saracens, Italians, Portuguese, and the British—trading silk, coffee, spices, sugar, slaves, opium, and energy—are just a few of those who have contributed to today's interdependent global economy. The history is at its most exciting, and Foster's presentation is the most engaged, as he portrays the worlds of the great European discoverers Vasco da Gama, Ferdinand Magellan, and Christopher Columbus. Foster keeps us listening, whether he's describing a seventh-century Syrian plague or the first transport of ice to Bombay. Contents
Tags: qHistory, qEconomics, qFinance, qGlobalization, qWorldPolitics No non-free mirrors allowed See Also: Eric D. Beinhocker, "The Origin of Wealth: Evolution, Complexity, and the Radical Remaking of Economics" Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, "Millennium: A History of the Last Thousand Years" Thomas L. Friedman, "Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution—and How It Can Renew America" Robert Sobel, "The Pursuit of Wealth: The Incredible Story of Money Thoughout the Ages" Nassim Nicholas Taleb, "The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable" Muhammad Yunus, "Creating A World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism" Thomas Sowell, "Economic Facts and Fallacies" Arthur B. Laffer, et al., "The End of Prosperity: How Higher Taxes Will Doom the Economy--If We Let It Happen" Alan Beattie, "False Economy: A Surprising Economic History of the World" Robert J. Samuelson, "The Great Inflation and Its Aftermath: The Past and Future of American Affluence" Paul Krugman, "The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008 (2nd Edition)" David S. Landes, "The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor" Thomas L. Friedman, "The World is Flat 3.0: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century" Neil Ferguson, "The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World" Paul Johnson, "Modern Times: The World from the Twenties to the Nineties (Revised Edition)" J. M. Roberts, "The New History of the World, 4e" Tony Judt, "Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945" Jonathan D. Spence, "The Search for Modern China" J. M. Roberts, "Twentieth Century: The History of the World, 1901 to 2000"
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