This paper studies the political and economic evolution of trade and international relations of the nations and regions of Asia between themselves and the rest of the world over the past millennium, paying particular attention to: the Pax Mongolica and overland trade during the Middle Ages; the...

This book deals with the economics of establishing a frontier by conquest or by peaceful settlement, the costs involved, and the optimum extension of the territory. The opening chapters discuss the most relevant literature about frontiers - conceptual, theoretical and empirical - and introduce...

Intro -- Preface -- 1 - Introduction -- 2 - Recent Methodological Developments in Economic History -- 3 - The Making of the Economic Historian: Eli F.Heckscher, 1897-1904* -- 4 - Eli Heckscher and the Holy Trinity -- 5 - Heckscher-Ohlin Theory and Individual Attitudes Toward Globalization -- 6 -...