Related Books

Mr. Smith Goes to China
Language: en
Pages: 299
Authors: Jessica Hanser
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-07-23 - Publisher: Yale University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

An account of eighteenth-century global commerce as seen through the lives of three Scottish traders, “written with verve and filled with arresting details”
Adam Smith in Beijing
Language: en
Pages: 433
Authors: Giovanni Arrighi
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-01-05 - Publisher: Verso Books

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In the late eighteenth century, the political economist Adam Smith predicted an eventual equalization of power between the West and the territories it had conqu
China Goes Global
Language: en
Pages: 428
Authors: David Shambaugh
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-01-18 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Most global citizens are well aware of the explosive growth of the Chinese economy. Indeed, China has famously become the "workshop of the world." Yet, while Ch
Merchants and Profit in the Age of Commerce, 1680–1830
Language: en
Pages: 245
Authors: Dominique Margairaz
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-10-06 - Publisher: Routledge

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Merchant activity across Europe, America and China during the long eighteenth century is explored in this collection of essays. Using a unique data set from acc
Welcome to Paradise, Now Go to Hell
Language: en
Pages: 196
Authors: Chas Smith
Categories: Sports & Recreation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-11-19 - Publisher: Harper Collins

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

A finalist for the PEN Center USA Award for Nonfiction Welcome to Paradise, Now Go to Hell, is surfer and former war reporter Chas Smith’s wild and unflinchin