Bound Togеthеr: How Trаdеrs, Prеаchеrs, Advеnturеrs, аnd Wаrriors Shаpеd Globаlizаtion
Publisher: Yаlе Univеrsity Prеss
Number of Pages: 416
Published: 2007-05-28
List price: $27.50
Since humans migrated from Africa and dispersed throughout the world, they have found countless ways and reasons to reconnect with each other. In this entertaining book, Nayan Chanda follows the exploits of traders, preachers, adventurers, and warriors throughout history as they have shaped and reshaped the world. For Chanda, globalization is a process of ever-growing interconnectedness and interdependence that began thousands of years ago and continues to this day with increasing speed and ease.In the end, globalization—from the lone adventurer carving out a new trade route to the expan...