In less than three decades, China has grown from playing a negligible role in world trade to being one of the world's largest exporters, a substantial importer of raw materials, intermediate outputs, and other goods, and both a recipient and source of foreign investment. Not surprisingly, China's economic dynamism has generated considerable attention and concern in the United S...(展开全部)

In less than three decades, China has grown from playing a negligible role in international trade to being one of the world's largest exporters, a substantial importer of raw materials, intermediate outputs, and other goods, and both a recipient and source of foreign investment. Not surprisingly, China's economic dynamism has generated considerable attention and concern in the ...(展开全部)

A single theme is pursued in this book - the trade between peoples of differing cultures through world history. Extending from the ancient world to the coming of the commercial revolution, Professor Curtin's discussion encompasses a broad and diverse group of trading relationships. Drawing on insights from economic history and anthropology, Professor Curtin has attempted to mov...(展开全部)

菲利普·D·柯丁，美国约翰·霍普金斯大学赫伯特·巴克斯特·亚当斯历史学教授，一直是非洲历史现代研究的先锋人物，共出版了19部著作，如《非洲印象》（Tile Image of Africa）、《大西洋奴隶贸易：一项人口调查》（The Atlan—tic Slave Trade：A Census）等，所著的《迁移致死：19世纪欧洲遭遇热带世界》（Death by Migration：Europe’s Encounter with the Tropical World in the Nineteentb Century）被《美国历史评论》杂志誉为“开创性的作品”；1983年任美国历史协会主席，并曾获得麦克·阿瑟奖。

A single theme is pursued in this book - the trade between peoples of differing cultures through world history. Extending from the ancient world to the coming of the commercial revolution, Professor Curtin's discussion encompasses a broad and diverse group of trading relationships. Drawing on insights from economic history and anthropology, Professor Curtin has attempted to mov...(展开全部)

Chronicles the history of global commerce from its prehistoric origins to the present day, critically analyzing the influence of trade and globalization--as well as the resulting exchange of intellectual ideas--on human...

Acclaimed by readers and critics around the globe, A Splendid Exchange is a sweeping narrative history of world tradefrom Mesopotamia in 3000 B.C. to the firestorm over globalization todaythat brilliantly explores trade’s colorful and contentious past and provides new insights into its future.

Acclaimed by readers and critics around the globe, A Splendid Exchange is a sweeping narrative history of world tradefrom Mesopotamia in 3000 B.C. to the firestorm over globalization todaythat brilliantly explores trade’s colorful and contentious past and provides new insights into its future.

Chronicles the history of global commerce from its prehistoric origins to the present day, critically analyzing the influence of trade and globalization--as well as the resulting exchange of intellectual ideas--on human...

Located only blocks from Tokyo's glittering Ginza, Tsukiji―the world's largest marketplace for seafood―is a prominent landmark, well known but little understood by most Tokyoites: a supplier for countless fishmongers and sushi chefs, and a popular and fascinating destination for foreign tourists. Early every morning, the worlds of hi-tech and pre-tech trade noisily converge as ...(展开全部)