Origins and growth of the global economy : from the fifteenth century onward / Ronald E. Seavoy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Seavoy, Ronald E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Commerce--History.

Commerce.

History.

Economic history.

Globalization.

Physical Description:

vii, 301 pages : map ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2003.

Summary:

Analyzes the origins and evolution of trade and economic development that resulted in the creation of a global market.

Contents:

1. Beginnings of European Commercial Expansion 3

Mediterranean Commerce 6

Voyages of Discovery 9

Portuguese Commercial Empire 13

Spanish Commercial Empire 22

Dutch Commercial Empire 29

English Commercial Empire 43

2. Commerce and Taxation in England in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries 57

Sources of Tax Revenue 57

Commercial Agriculture 69

Literacy 79

Political Economy of Mercantilism 86

Taxation of Maritime Commerce 88

Commercial Expansion in the Eighteenth Century 93

Imperial Commerce 94

Colonial Commerce 111

3. Industrialization and Imperialism 121

Imperial Impulse 121

Imperial Acquisition 122

Establishing Imperial Governance 129

Institutionalizing Imperial Governance 137

Central Governments 137

Monetized Taxation 137

Infrastructure Construction 139

Literacy 140

Interpretations 145

Independence 145

Exploitation 148

Victimization 149

4. Imperial Governance as Revolution 157

Revolution Defined 157

Imperial Legacies 158

Central Governments 158

Infrastructure Institutions 159

Anonymous Markets 162

Tropical Medicine 163

Export Commodities 166

Agenda of Independence 167

Retaining Power 167

Preventing Communal Violence 169

Preventing Urban Riots 170

Showcase Projects 171

Interpretation 172

5. Imperial Commerce Becomes Global Commerce 181

New Foundation of Global Commerce 181

The Global Vision 184

Bretton Woods Agreement 186

European Common Market 190

European Union 200

NATO 204

Implementing Global Commercial Policies 213

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 214

International Monetary Fund 219

World Bank 227

Regional Trade Agreements 234

Agriculture 238

Demise of the Last Commercial Empire 241

6. Global Corporations in the Twenty-First Century 251

Purpose of Globalization 251

Big Corporations Become Global Corporations 252

National Markets Become Global Markets 256

Global Corporations 261

Peasant Nations 263.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [277]-294) and index.

ISBN:

0275979121

OCLC:

50422924