Global Trade in the Premodern World

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Beschreibung

Global Trade in the Premodern World offers an authoritative and expansive history of exchange and interaction across Eurasia from the prehistoric origins of trade to the integration of large parts of this world-system by the fifteenth century CE.

Über den Autor

Richard L. Smith was Emeritus Professor of History at Ferrum College, Virginia. His teaching and research were driven by wide-ranging interests in trade across Afro-Eurasia, especially in the first millennium AD. Smith's publications include Premodern Trade in World History (2008) and numerous chapters and articles.

Edmond Smith is Professor of Economic Cultures at The University of Manchester, UK. Their research and teaching explore the cultural and institutional origins of globalization across the second millennium AD. Smith has published numerous articles, chapters, and books, including the prize-winning monograph Merchants (2021).

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Note on Writing - Edmond Smith

Introduction: A Book of Routes and Realms

Trade in Global History

Scope and Structure

Chapter One: The Origins of Trade

Trade and Human Society

Long-Distance Trade in Prehistoric Eurasia

Case Study: The Incense Road

Case Study: The Amber Trails

Chapter Two: Trade Across the Steppe

Pastoralists, Nomads and Steppe Society

Forms of Exchange

Chapter Three: Controlling the Steppe Frontier

Strategies for Border Security

Crossing Borders

Case Study: China's Border Markets

Chapter Four: Travel and Transport

Measuring and Mapping

Traversing the Land

Traversing the Seas

Chapter Five: Merchants and Networks

Making Trade Work

Routes and Systems

Case Study: The Trans-Saharan Route

Chapter Six: Commodities of the Premodern World

The Premodern Market Stall

Global Commodities in Primary Sources

Bibliography

Index

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2025
Fachbereich:	Allgemeines
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Thema:	Lexika
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13:	9780367512231
ISBN-10:	0367512238
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Smith, Edmond Smith, Richard L.
Hersteller:	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	238 x 155 x 17 mm
Von/Mit:	Edmond Smith (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum:	26.06.2025
Gewicht:	0,306 kg