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Conquest, Tribute, and Trade: The Quest for Precious Metals and the Birth of Globalization
We in the 21st century like to think of our time as the era of globalization. In fact, the birth of that era took place some five hundred years ago—as the author shows in this fascinating, original work of economic history. He traces the roots of globalization to the rapacious pursuit of gold, silver, and copper in the 16th century, when empires were won and lost based on...more
Hardcover, 541 pages
Published
September 1st 2010
by Prometheus Books
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Very engaging and with great characters, the main problem i had with the book is that its purely materialistic focus ignores the mixed motivations of the players of the day, so the book reads very modern like the 16th century society was a mirror of today's modulo technology, so ultimately the book is very anachronistic in some respects.
Good as an overview of the momentous events from the 1490's to the early 1600's from a commercial perspective and showing well how the more-or-less cash based ec...more
Good as an overview of the momentous events from the 1490's to the early 1600's from a commercial perspective and showing well how the more-or-less cash based ec...more
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