Search Results for: World Trade Since 1431

Trade, along with the free movement of capital, is at the heart of today's international economy. But international trade is an intensely political and conteste

In 1431 the Portuguese navigator Velho set sail into the Atlantic, establishing a trade route to the Azores and marking the beginning of commerce with the West

He traces the steps that led to the British surrender of world hegemony to the United States at the end of World War II.

Between 1870 and 1945, advances in communication and transportation simultaneously expanded and shrank the world. In five interpretive essays, A World Connectin