"Awarded the Jaume Vicens Vives Prize by the Spanish Association of Economic History, this study analyses the development of the Spanish domestic market from 1650 to 1800, which transformed the country from a pseudocolonial territory, politically and economically dependent on its European...

Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- 1 Idealised models of 'efficient' international exchange -- 2 Aboriginal external trade and the global evolution of inter-state trade relations -- 3 The national political economy of overseas colonial...

This book deals with three main aspects of the history of Indian business: the relationship between business and politics, the position of merchants and businessmen in the economy and society of late colonial India, and how particular merchant networks extended the range of their operations to...

As awareness of the process of globalization grows and the study of its effects becomes increasingly important to governments and businesses (as well as to a sizable opposition), the need for historical understanding also increases. Despite the importance of the topic, few attempts have been...

Der Handelsstaat Deutschland ist existentiell auf den Export seiner Industriellen und Ingenieure insbesondere nach Übersee angewiesen, um seinen Wohlstand und seine expandierenden Sozial- und Bildungssysteme aufrechterhalten zu können. Der Band zeichnet die Geschichte der deutschen...

Intro -- List of Plates -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Chronology -- Maps -- Introduction: The Ancient World Economy -- 1. Steel and Silk -- 2. Silk in Roman Society -- 3. The Chinese Empire and the Xiongnu -- 4. The Discovery of the West -- 5. Securing the Silk Routes -- 6. The Kushan...