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Bound together : how traders, preachers, adventurers, and warriors shaped globalization / Nayan Chanda.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chanda, Nayan.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social evolution.
- Commerce--History.
- Commerce.
- History.
- Intercultural communication--History.
- Intercultural communication.
- Culture diffusion--History.
- Culture diffusion.
- Globalization--History.
- Globalization.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 391 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- How traders, preachers, adventurers, and warriors shaped globalization
- Traders, preachers, adventurers, and warriors shaped globalization
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven : Yale University Press, [2007]
- Summary:
- Chanda follows the exploits of traders, preachers, adventurers, and warriors throughout history as they have shaped and reshaped the world. In addition, she reviews and illustrates the economic and technological forces at play in globalization today.
- Contents:
- The African beginning
- From camel commerce to e-commerce
- The world inside
- Preachers' world
- World in motion
- The imperial weave
- Slaves, germs, and Trojan horses
- Globalization: from buzzword to curse
- Who's afraid of globalization?
- The road ahead
- Chronology.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-372) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780300112016
- 0300112017
- OCLC:
- 77575056
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