China and the birth of globalization in the 16th century
- Author/Creator:
- Flynn, Dennis Owen, 1945-
- Publication/Creation:
- Farnham, Surry, England : Burlington, VT : Ashgate Variorum, [2010]
- Resource Type:
- Book
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Additional/Related Title Information
- Full Title:
- China and the birth of globalization in the 16th century / Dennis O. Flynn and Arturo Giráldez
- Series Titles:
- Variorum collected studies series ; CS938
Collected studies ; CS938.
- Related/Included Titles:
- From Eurocentric price revolution to globalization's birthdate --
Born with a "silver spoon" : the origin of world trade in 1571 --
Conceptualizing global economic history : the role of silver --
Arbitrage, China, and world trade in the early modern period --
Spanish profitability in the Pacific : the Philippines in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries --
China and the Spanish empire --
Imperial monetary policy in global perspective --
Money and growth without development : the case of Ming China --
Silver and Ottoman monetary history in global perspective --
Cycles of silver : global economic unity through the mid-eighteenth century --
Path dependence, time lags and the birth of globalisation : a critique of O'Rourke and Williamson.
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- Additional Author/Creators:
- Giráldez, Arturo
Subjects/Genre
- Subjects:
- International trade--History--16th century
Economic history--16th century
Globalization--Economic aspects
Globalization--History
China--Commerce--History--16th century
Pacific Area--Commerce--History--16th century
China--Economic conditions--To 1644
Description/Summary
- Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: Introduction. From Eurocentric price revolution to globalization's birthdate -- I. Born with a "silver spoon" : the origin of world trade in 1571 -- II. Conceptualizing global economic history : the role of silver -- III. Arbitrage, China, and world trade in the early modern period -- IV. Spanish profitability in the Pacific : the Philippines in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries -- V. China and the Spanish empire -- VI. Imperial monetary policy in global perspective -- VII. Money and growth without development : the case of Ming China -- VIII. Silver and Ottoman monetary history in global perspective -- IX. Cycles of silver : global economic unity through the mid-eighteenth century -- X. Path dependence, time lags and the birth of globalisation : a critique of O'Rourke and Williamson.
- Summary:
- This work is split up into four parts. These are 'Overviews', 'The Pacific as Linchpin of World Trade', 'Winners and Losers in the Global Silver Trade', and 'Birth of Globalization Debate: Ecological, Economic, Epidemiological, and Demographic Interactions'.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Type/Description:
- 1 volume (various pagings) : illustrations ; 24 cm
Additional Identifiers
- Catalog ID (MMSID):
- 9936705520102486
- ISBN:
- 9780754668589
0754668584 - OCLC Number:
- 489632977
- Barcode:
- 010002857965
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