Origins of Globalization - World Trade in the Making of the Global Economy, 1500-1800

Reveals how global trade shaped early modern economic, social and political development, and inaugurated the first era of globalization.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Global connections: ships, commodities and people; 3. Consequences of conquest in Latin America; 4. Africa and the slave trades; 5. Export-led development in North America; 6. Global trade and economic decline in South Asia; 7. The 'age of commerce' in Southeast Asia; 8. East Asia and the limits of globalization; 9. Europe and the spoils of globalization; 10. Conclusion.

About the author

Pim de Zwart is Assistant Professor of Rural and Environmental History at Wageningen University in The Netherlands. His publications include the book, Globalization and the Colonial Origins of the Great Divergence (2016). He was awarded the Thirsk-Feinstein Prize by the Economic History Society in 2016.Jan Luiten van Zanden is Professor of Global Economic History at Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands, honorary Angus Maddison Professor at Groningen University and honorary professor at Stellenbosch University. He was president of the International Economic History Association. His many publications include An Economic History of Indonesia, 1800–2010, with Daan Marks (2012).

Summary

In recent times, the rapid growth of international economic exchange has changed our lives. But when did this process of globalization begin? Pim de Zwart and Jan Luiten van Zanden show that it began in the early modern era, as the effects of global trade shaped demographic, economic, social and political developments worldwide.

Product details

• Authors: Pim De Zwart, Pim (Universiteit Utrecht de Zwart, Pim (Wageningen Universiteit De Zwart, Jan Luiten van Zanden, Jan Luiten (Universiteit Utrecht van Zanden, Jan Luiten van Zanden
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2018
• EAN: 9781108426992
• ISBN: 978-1-108-42699-2
• No. of pages: 354
• Series: New Approaches to Economic and Social History; New Approaches to Economic and; New Approaches to Economic and Social History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, General & world history, Economic history, General and world history