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01636cam a2200313Ia 4500 001 9639733A62A311DFAF3CE96BC41A358D 003 SILO 005 20100519080509 008 081012s2008 nyuabf b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 0802144160 020 $a 9780802144164 035 $a (OCoLC)262431086 040 $a BTCTA $c BTCTA $d SILO $d DJB $d NSB $d DAC $d IOH $d SILO 100 1 $a Bernstein, William J. 245 1 $a A splendid exchange : $b how trade shaped the world / $c William J. Bernstein. 250 $a 1st pbk. ed. 260 $a New York : $b Grove Press, $c c2008. 300 $a x, 467 p., [16] p. of plates : $b ill., maps ; $c 21 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. [429]-447) and index. 520 $a 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. 505 0 $a 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. 650 0 $a International trade $x History. 941 $a 4 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20230718085318.0 952 $l BWPD851 $d 20200708011337.0 952 $l HWAX074 $d 20140415020751.0 952 $l SOAX911 $d 20121214010600.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=9639733A62A311DFAF3CE96BC41A358D 994 $a 02 $b IOHInitiate Another SILO Locator Search