Trading Tastes: Commodity and Cultural Exchange to 1750 (Connections Series for World History)

By Erik Gilbert and Jonathan T. Reynolds

Book Overview

Part of the Connections: Key Themes in World History series, Trade in World History illustrates the patterns and impact of trans-continental and trans-oceanic trade from antiquity to the present through its examination of four commodities-spices, salt, sugar, and silk-and their production and long-distance trade. Trade in World History is the story of how trade served as an engine of cultural contact and exchange around the world and helped usher in modern globalization.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0131900072
• ISBN13: 9780131900073
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Pearson
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.7" x 8.9"