This groundbreaking book traces the rich and perilous history of the ships and sailors that launched the global economy. The line of navigation between Asia and the Americas, the Manila galleons first set sail from the Philippines in 1565, remaining the lifeblood of world trade …
Introduction -- The Philippines before the Spaniards -- The origins of Spanish settlement in the Philippines -- Spanish settlement in the Philippines -- The seventeenth century -- The galleons -- The economy of the line -- The eighteenth century and the galleon line "This groun…
"This groundbreaking book traces the rich and perilous history of the ships and sailors that launched the global economy. The line of navigation between Asia and the Americas, the Manila galleons first set sail from the Philippines in 1565, remaining the lifeblood of world trade…
"This groundbreaking book traces the rich and perilous history of the ships and sailors that launched the global economy. The line of navigation between Asia and the Americas, the Manila galleons first set sail from the Philippines in 1565, remaining the lifeblood of world trade…
The Mexican Heartland provides a new history of capitalism from the perspective of the landed communities surrounding Mexico City. In a sweeping analytical narrative spanning the sixteenth century to today, John Tutino challenges our basic assumptions about the forces that shape…
The Ur III dynasty (ca. 2112-2004 B. C. E.) left behind tens of thousands of economic and administrative records, and scholars consider it one of the best documented periods in ancient Mesopotamia. Of all the Ur III sites, Umma has yielded the largest number of texts--that numbe…
Etwa 300 Jahre lang strömten zuerst arabische, dann deutsche und englische Münzen nach Ost- und Nordeuropa ein und beeinflussten somit nicht nur die ökonomischen, sondern auch die gesellschaftlichen und politischen Strukturen dieser Großregion tiefgehend. Viele der autarken Gese…
