More A history of the world economy from the Iron Age to the Information Age
Book - 2020
"A sweeping history that tracks the development of trade and industry across the world, from Ancient Rome to today. From the development of international trade fairs in the twelfth century to the innovations made in China, India, and the Arab world, it turns out that historical economies were much more sophisticated that we might imagine, tied together by webs of credit and financial instruments much like our modern economy. Here, Philip Coggan takes us from the ancient mountains of North Wales through Grand Central station and the great civilizations of Mesopotamia to the factories of Malaysia, showing how changes in agriculture, finance, technology, work, and demographics have driven the progress of human civilization. It's the ...story of how trade became broader and deeper over thousands of years; how governments have influenced economies, for good or ill; and how societies have repeatedly tried to tame, and harness, finance. More shows how, at every step of our long journey, it was the connection between people that resulted in more trade, more specialization, more freedom, and ultimately, more prosperity."--
- Subjects
- Published
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New York :
The Economist Books, PublicAffairs
2020.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Edition
- First U.S. edition
- Item Description
- "Originally published in 2019 by Profile Books Ltd. in Great Britaiin."--Title page verso.
- Physical Description
- xiii, 466 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-442) and index.
- ISBN
- 9781610399838
- The ancient economy
- Agriculture
- The Asian market: 200-1000CE
- Europe revives: 1000-1500
- The quest for energy
- The great change: 1500-1820
- Manufacturing: worshiping our makers
- The first era of globalisation: 1820-1914
- Immigration
- World wars and depression: 1914-1945
- Transport: the vital network
- From the wonder years to the malaise: 1945-1979
- Central banks: money and technocrats
- The second era of globalisation: the developed world, 1979-2007
- Government: an ever-present force
- A truly global economy: the developing world, 1979-2007
- Technology and innovation
- The crisis and after: 2007 to today.