The world that trade created
Subtitle: society, culture, and the world economy, 1400-the present
By: Kenneth Pomeranz and Steven Topik.
Contributors: Topik, Steven.
Series: Sources and studies in world history
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Armonk, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
Subjects: Commerce -- History; Commerce -- Social aspects -- History; Culture -- History; Industrialization -- Social aspects -- History; International economic relations -- History; Economic history
Description: "Authors Pomeranz and Topik offer unique and entertaining historical perspectives on the world economy, showing that much of twentieth-century "globalization" goes back centuries."--BOOK JACKET.

"Easily accessible to the general reader, these articles by two well-respected historians nonetheless touch on complex historical and contemporary issues. They are grouped in thematic chapters, each with an introduction drawing out some of the deeper implications for understanding how today's world economy came into being."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-245) and index.