Search Results for: The Fruits Of The Early Globalization

This book presents an unusual view on one of the most influential periods in world economic history: the Early Globalization. By this term, the notion that a pr

Reveals how global trade shaped early modern economic, social and political development, and inaugurated the first era of globalization.

Pepper was once worth its weight in gold. Onions have been used to cure everything from sore throats to foot fungus. White bread was once considered too nutriti

At the turn of the nineteenth century—when most food in America was bland and brown and few people appreciated the economic potential of then-exotic foods—D

Charts the rise of consumerism and the new cosmopolitan material cultures that took shape across the globe from 1500 to 1820.