A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World by William J. Bernstein
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- Pub. Date: March 2008
- 467pp
- Sales Rank: 35,891
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: March 2008
- Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
- Format: Hardcover, 467pp
- Sales Rank: 35,891
- ISBN-13: 9780871139795
- ISBN: 0871139790
Synopsis
A sweeping narrative history of world trade—-from Sumer in 3000 BC to the firestorm over globalization today—-that brilliantly explores trade's colorful and contentious past and provides fresh insights into social, political, cultural, and economic history, as well as a timely assessment of trade's future.
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Foster received an MA in Theater from the University of Michigan.
William Bernstein, Ph.D., M.D. (North Bend, OR) founded the popular website efficientfrontier.com. A practicing neurologist and the author of "The Intelligent Asset Allocator "and "The Four Pillars of Investing," Dr. Bernstein has an intensely loyal following of readers as well as an extensive network of media contacts. He is often quoted in "The Wall Street Journal "and is a frequent guest columnist for "Morningstar,"
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If you like information, you will love this book.by Dale51
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October 26, 2009: Many interesting stories about trade are told in this book. The information is still very applicable to today. Much of this information should be taught in college courses. The book explains a lot about how the world is today.
I Also Recommend: The Taste of Conquest, The Ascent of Money.
A valuable resource for teachers of history and economics, and a good read for anyone with intellectby Anonymous
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March 02, 2009: Bernstein's book is real tour de force that covers trade from earliest times until the present. He explores the technology of trade from camel saddles to clipper ships, steamboats and modern aircraft, the navigational dimension of trade from monsoons to trade routes, the politics of trade from the Dutch East India Company to the the Seattle protests against the WTO. The cast of characters ranges from pirates to explorers to financiers to economists like Smith and Ricardo, the settings from desert oases to opium dens to coffee houses. Every page has little known tidbits of information like the discovery and spread of coffee as well as a reprise of more familiar events like the Opium Wars. Anyone who teaches economic and/or political history needs this book on the bookshelf.
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