Encyclopedia of World Trade: From Ancient Times to the Present: From Ancient Times to the Present

by Cynthia Clark Northrup, Jerry H. Bentley, Alfred E. Eckes, Jr, Patrick Manning, Kenneth Pomeranz

Overview

Written for high school or beginning undergraduate students, this four-volume reference valiantly attempts to provide a historical framework for the perhaps overly broad concept of world trade. Entry topics were selected on trade organizations, influential people, commodities, events that affected trade, trade routes, navigation, religion, communic

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781317471523
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/10/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	1304
File size:	37 MB
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About the Author

Northrup, Cynthia Clark; Bentley, Jerry H.; Eckes, Jr, Alfred E.; Manning, Patrick; Pomeranz, Kenneth; Topik, Steven

Table of Contents

A: ; Abbasid Caliphate (750 – 1258); Advertising; Aegean Sea; Africa; Agora; Agriculture; Aircraft; Alexander the Great (356–323 b.c.e. ); Alexandria; Alphabet, Aramaic; Alphabet, Cyrillic; Alphabet, Greek; Alphabet, Latin; Alphabet, Phoenician; Alsace and Lorraine; Amazon River; Amber; Amber Routes; American Federation of Labor–Congress of Industrial Organizations; American Revolution; Amsterdam; Anglo-Dutch Wars; Animals; Appian Way; Arabs; Archaeology; Argentina; Arkwright, Richard (1732–1792); Armenians; Art; Association of Southeast Asiannations; Assyrian Empire; Astrolabe; Aswan High Dam; Athens, Ancient; Atlantic Trade; Automobiles; Aviation; Aztecs; B: ; Babylonian Empire; Bantu Migrations; Bardi House of Banking; Baroque; Barter; Batavia (Jakarta); Bell, Alexander Graham (1847–1922); Berbers; Berenice; Bioterrorism; Blackdeath; Black Sea; Bolshevism; Bourgeoisie; Boxer Rebellion; Brazil; Bribery; British Commonwealth; British East India Company; British Empire; British–South American Trade Relations; Buddhism; Bugis; Bush, George Herbert Walker (1924–); Byzantin Eempire; C: ; Cacao; Calcutta; Calicut; Capitalism; Caravans; Caribbean; Carnegie, Andrew (1835–1919); Carolingian Empire; Cartels; Cartography; Castles; Central Africa; China; Chinese Dynasties; Chinese-Japanese Trade; Chocolate; Cholera; Christianity; Cities; Climate; Clive, Robert (1725–1774); Coffee; Coinage; Cold War; Colonization; Columbian Exchange; Columbus, Christopher (1451–1506); Combination Acts; Comintern; Communication; Communism; Comparative Advantage; Compass; Competition; Computers; Confucius (551–479 b.c.e. ); Constantinople; Consumerism; Containment; Continental System; Cook, Captain James (1728–1779); Copper; Copyrights; Corn; Corn Laws; Corporations; Cotton; Cotton Gin; Council for Mutual Economic Assistance; Cowries; Crete; Crimean War (1854–1856); Crop Rotation; Cross-Staff; Crusades; Crystal Palace; Cuba; Cuneiform; Cyprus; D: ; Danube River; Dardanelles; Dark Ages; Delian League; Department Stores; Diamonds; Diasporas; Dirhams; Discovery and Exploration; Disease; Disputes and Arbitration, International; Donkey; Drake, Sir Francis (1540–1596); Drugs; Dutch; Dyula; E: ; East Asia; Economic Consequences of the Peace, the (1919); Economics, Classical; Edison, Thomas Alva (1847–1931); Egypt; Egypt, Ancient; Electricity; Elizabeth I (1533–1603); Embargoes; Empire Building; Energy; Engels, Friedrich (1820–1895); England's Treasure by Foreign Trade; Entertainment; Etruscans; European-African Trade; European-Asian Trade; European Trade, Intracontinental; European Union; Exchange Rates; Exploration and Trade; Extraterritoriality; F: ; Fairs, International Trade; Fertilizer; Festivals and Fairs, Medieval; Feudalism; Financial Institutions; Flax; Florence (Firenze); Food and Diet; Ford Motor Company; Foreign Aid; Frankincense and Myrrh; Franklin, Benjamin (1706–1790); Frederick II (1712–1786); Free Trade; Freemasonry; French Empire; French Revolution; Fruits; Fugger Family; Fur; G: ; Gandhi, Mohandas (1869–1948); Garamantian Empire; Gemstones; General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; General Electric Company; General theory of Employment, Interest, and Money, The; Genoa; German Empires; Ghana; Ghaznavids; Glass; Globalization; Gold; Gold Standard; Goths; Grain; Great Depression; Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere; Greek City-States; Guangzhou (Canton); Guano; Gunpowder; H: ; Haiti; Hakluyt, Richard (1552–1616); Hamburg, Germany; Hanseatic League; Hapsburgs; Harbors; Hargreaves, James (1720–1777); Hawley-Smoot Tariff; Heckscher, Elifilip (1879–1952); Hellenistic Architecture; Hemp; Henry the Navigator (1394–1460); Hinduism; Hittite Empire; Hohenstaufen Empire; Hollywood; Hong Kong; Hundred Years' War; I: ; Illegal Trade; Immigration; Imperialism; Incas; Indentured Servants; Indian Ocean Trade; Indigo; Indus River; Industrial Revolution; Industrialism; Inflation; Insurance; Intellectual Property; Internal Combustion Engine; International Monetary Fund; International Trade Commission; Internet; Iron; Iron Law of Wages; Irrigation; Isabella of Castile (1451–1504); Islam; Ivory; Ivory Coast of Africa; J: ; Jade; Jews; Joint-Stock Companies; Judaism; Jute; K: ; Keynes, John Maynard; Khan, Genghis (1162–1229); Khazar Empire; Kilwa; Kipling, Rudyard (1865–1936); Knights Templars; Kush (Cush); L: ; Labor; Laissez-Faire; Law; Leather; Linear B Script; Linen; List, Georg Friedrich (1789–1846); Livestock; Luddites; M: ; Madras; Magellan, Ferdinand (1480–1521); Mali; Malthus, Thomas Robert (1766–1834); Manchu Dynasty; Manila; Manila Galleons; Market Revolution; Marketplaces; Marshall Plan; Marx, Karl (1818–1883); Mayan Civilization; Media; Medici Family; Medicine; Mediterranean Sea; Melaka; Mercantilism; Merchant Guilds; Mesopotamian Architecture; Mesopotamiant Rade; Middle Ages; Migration, Human; Milan; Mill, John Stuart (1806–1873); Ming Dynasty; Minoan Civilization; Missionaries; Mogadishu; Molasses; Money; Mongol Invasions; Monuments; Mughal Empire; Multinational Enterprise; Mycenae; N: ; Napoleonic Wars; Navigation; Navigation Laws; Netherlands; New Imperialism; Nile River; Nineveh; Nomads; Nontariff Barriers; North American Free Trade Agreement; Novgorod; Nuts; O: ; Oases; Oil; Olives; Open Door Notes; Opium; Ottomans; P: ; Panama Canal; Paper and Pulp; Patents; Pegolotti, Francesco Balducci (1315–1340); Pepper; Perfume; Persian Gulf; Peter the Great (1672–1725); Petra; Phoenicia; Pilgrimages; Piracy; Pochteca; Polo, Marco (1254–1324); Pony Express; Population; Portugal; Potatoes; Pottery; Printing Press; Protestantism; Punic Wars; Q: ; Quadrant; Qing Dynasty; R: ; Radanites; Rae, John (1796–1872); Ragusa, Republic of (Dubrovnik); Railroads; Reciprocity; Redistribution; Reformation; Religion; Renaissance; Revolutions; Ricardo, David (1772–1823); Rice; Roman Catholic Church; Roman Empire; Roman Empire, Fall of; Rothschilds; Royal Niger Company; Rum; Russian Revolution; S: ; Saharan and Trans-Saharan Trade; Salt; Sculpture; Service Sector; Seven Years' War; Shanghai; Ships; Shipwrecks; Sicily; Silk; Silk Road; Silver; Singer, Isaac (1811–1875); Slavery; Slaves, Plantation; Smith, Adam (1723–1790); Socialism; Songhay Empire; South Africa; South America; Southeast Asia; Soviet Union; Soviet Union–African Trade Relations; Soybeans; Spanish Empire; Spice Route; Spices; Srivijaya Empire; Steam Engine; Steamship; Steel; Suez Canal; Sugar; Surat; T: ; Tally Sticks; Tariff Barriers; Tariffs; Tea; Technology; Telegraph; Telephone; Terrorism; Teutonic Knights; Textiles; Timber/Sorochok; Tin; Tobacco; Tortoiseshell; Tourism; Trade Organizations; Trade Winds; Trademarks; Transaction Costs; Transportation and Trade; Triangle Trade; Tunisia; U: ; U.S. - Japanese Trade Relations; United Nations; United States; V: ; Venice; Vikings; Volga Bulgaria; W: ; War of 1812; Warfare; Wars for Empire; Water; Wealth; Weapons; Weights and Measures; West Africa; Whales; Whitney, Eli (1765 – 1825); Wine; Women; Wood; Wool; World Bank; World Trade Organization; World War I; World War II