Atlantic Monthly Press ;]Berkeley Calif.?[ :Distributed by Publishers Group West
c2008
x, 467 p., ]16[ p. of plates , ill., maps , 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references )p. ]429[-447( and index.
1st ed.
Traces the evolution of international trade, from ancient Mesopotamia to today's global marketplace, exploring the influence of commerce on agriculture, technology, politics, and civilization as a whole.