Globalization and the Colonial Origins of the Great Divergence

Globalization and the Colonial Origins of the Great Divergence Intercontinental Trade and Living Standards in the Dutch East India Company's Commercial Empire, C.1600-1800 - Global Economic History Series

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Publisher's Synopsis

In Globalization and the Colonial Origins of the Great Divergence Pim de Zwart examines the Dutch East India Company's intercontinental trade and its effects on living standards in various regions on the edges of the Indian Ocean in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Contrary to conventional views, De Zwart finds significant evidence of the integration of global commodity markets, an important dimension of globalization, before the 1800s. The effects of this globalization, and the associated colonialism, were diverse and could vary between and within regions. As globalization and colonialism affected patterns of economic development across the globe they played a part in the rise of global economic inequality, known as the 'Great Divergence', in the early modern period.

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Brill

Brill

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Book information

ISBN: 9789004299658
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Pub date:
DEWEY: 330.916506
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: x, 290
Weight: 596g
Height: 235mm
Width: 155mm
Spine width: 23mm