"Cross-cultural exchange has characterized the economic life of India since antiquity. Its long coastline has afforded convenient access to Asia and Africa, and trading partnerships formed in the exchange of commodities ranging from textiles to military technology and opium to i…
Introduction. Profiting from war, forestalling revolution -- Chapter 1. The unprovided province -- Chapter 2: The Spanish government trade -- Chapter 3: El Almacén del Rey -- Chapter 4: Revolutionary speculations -- Chapter 5: The business of revolution -- Chapter 6: The arithme…
"In the closing decades of the eighteenth century, Ireland became the object of a vigorous debate concerning the promise and perils of commerce in an era of global war and revolution. This debate concerned not just the identity and future of the Irish polity itself, but of the B…
The English East India Company was the mother of the modern multinational. Established in 1600, its trading empire encircled the globe, creating a lifestyle revolution. The Company's practices shocked its contemporaries and still reverberate today. This book explores the Company…
The English East India Company was the mother of the modern multinational. Established in 1600, its trading empire encircled the globe, creating a lifestyle revolution. The Company's practices shocked its contemporaries and still reverberate today. This book explores the Company…
"The Ancient Greek Economy: Markets, Households and City-States brings together sixteen essays by leading scholars of the ancient Greek economy specialising in history, economics, archaeology and numismatics. Marshalling a wide array of evidence, these essays investigate and ana…
"This in-depth study of Nationalist tariff policy fundamentally challenges the widely accepted idea that the key to the Communist seizure of power in China lay in the incompetence of Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist government. It argues instead that during the second Sino-Japanese…
Introduction: corner store folklore -- From grog shops to grocery stores -- The keys to modernization -- Trust brokers on the road -- Avoiding the middleman -- Making small business big -- Conclusion: looking backward, moving forward
This study on the Canton and Macao merchants advances our understanding of the rise and development of international commercial networks. The book presents new information about the Canton and Macao merchants and provides fresh insights into the role China played in the rise of …
Ancient China collides with newfangled America in this epic tale of opium smugglers, sea pirates, and dueling clipper ships.
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…