The origins of globalization : world trade in the making of the global economy, 1500-1800 / Pim de Zwart, Jan Luiten van Zanden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

De Zwart, Pim, author.

Zanden, J. L. van, author.

Series:

New approaches to economic and social history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Globalization--Economic aspects--History.

Globalization.

Economic history--16th century.

Economic history.

Economic history--1600-1750.

Globalization--Economic aspects.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xvi, 338 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, [2018]

Summary:

"The Origins of Globalization: For better or for worse, in recent times the rapid growth of international economic exchange has changed our lives. But when did this process of globalisation begin, and what effects did it have on economies and societies? Pim de Zwart and Jan Luiten van Zanden argue that the networks of trade established after the voyages of Columbus and Da Gama of the late fifteenth century had transformative effects inaugurating the first era of globalisation. The global flows of ships, people, money and commodities between 1500 and 1800 were substantial, and the realignment of production and distribution resulting from these connections had important consequences for demography, well-being, state formation and the long-term economic growth prospects of the societies involved in the newly created global economy. Whether early globalisation had benign or malignant effects differed by region; but the world economy as we now know it originated in these changes in the early modern period"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Global connections : ships, commodities and people

Consequences of conquest in Latin America

Africa and the slave trades

Export-led development in North America

Global trade and economic decline in South Asia

The "age of commerce" in Southeast Asia

East Asia and the limits of globalization

Europe and the spoils of globalization

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliography (pages 292-326) and index.

ISBN:

9781108426992

1108426999

9781108447133

1108447139

OCLC:

1045651553