| Description |
1 volume (various pagings) : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Variorum collected studies series ; CS938 |
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Collected studies ; CS938
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| Contents |
A. Born with a ̀silver spoon' : the origin of world trade in 1571 -- Conceptualizing global economic history : the role of silver -- B. Pacific as Linchpin of world trade -- Arbitrage, China, and the world trade in the early modern period -- Spanish profitability in the Pacific : Philippines in the sixteen and the seventeen centuries -- C. Winners and losers in the global silver trade -- China and the Spanish Empire -- Imperial monetary policy in global perspective -- Money and growth without development : the case of Ming China -- Silver and Ottoman monetary history in global perspective -- D. Birth of globalization debate : ecological, economic, epidemiological and demographic interactions -- Cycles of silver : global economic unity through the mid-eighteenth century -- Path dependence, time lags and the birth of globalisation : a critique of O'Rouke and Williamson -- Born again : globalization's sixteenth century origins (Asian / global versus European dynamics) |
| Summary |
This work is split up into four parts. These are 'Overviews', 'The Pacific as Linchpin of World Trade', 'Winners and Losers in the Global Silver Trade', and 'Birth of Globalization Debate: Ecological, Economic, Epidemiological, and Demographic Interactions' |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Economic history -- 16th century.
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Globalization -- Economic aspects.
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Globalization -- History.
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International trade -- History -- 16th century.
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| SUBJECT |
China -- Commerce http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114658 -- Pacific Area http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85096445 -- History -- 16th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006122
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China -- Economic conditions -- To 1644.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024012
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Pacific Area -- Commerce http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008116485 -- History -- 16th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006122
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| Author |
Giráldez, Arturo.
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| LC no. |
2009936935 |
| ISBN |
0754668584 (hbk.) |
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9780754668589 (hbk.) |
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