Globalization and the colonial origins of the great divergence : intercontinental trade and living standards in the Dutch East India Company's commercial empire, c. 1600-1800 / by Pim de Zwart.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

De Zwart, Pim, author.

Series:

Global economic history series ; 11.

Global economic history series ; 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie--History.

Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie.

Cost and standard of living--History.

Cost and standard of living.

Consumption (Economics)--History.

Consumption (Economics).

History.

Globalization--Economic aspects.

Globalization.

Physical Description:

x, 290 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Boston Brill, 2016.

Summary:

In Globalization and the Colonial Origins of the Great Divergence Pim de Zwart examines the Dutch East India Company's intercontinental trade and its effects on living standards in various regions on the edges of the Indian Ocean in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Contrary to conventional views, De Zwart finds significant evidence of the integration of global commodity markets, an important dimension of globalization, before the 1800s. The effects of this globalization, and the associated colonialism, were diverse and could vary between and within regions. As globalization and colonialism affected patterns of economic development across the globe they played a part in the rise of global economic inequality, known as the Great Divergence, in the early modern period. Book jacket.

Contents:

Preface

Introduction

Early modem globalization

Prices and consumption patterns

Wages and the standard of living

Population, households and labour markets

Conclusion

Appendices

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version De Zwart, Pim, author. Globalization and the colonial origins of the great divergence

ISBN:

9789004299658

9004299653

OCLC:

952281851