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World Trade Since 1431

Geography, Technology, and Capitalism

Peter J. Hugill (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

400 Seiten

1995
Johns Hopkins University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8018-5126-1 (ISBN)

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Equipped with reliable maps and instruments for open-ocean navigation and highly seaworthy, three-masted, cannon-armed ships, Portugal dominated the Atlantic trade routes-until the diffusion of Portuguese technologies to wealthier polities made Holland the eventual successor, owing to its geographic position and its immense commercial fleet. It is precisely this interplay of technology and geography, argues Peter J. Hugill, that has guided the evolution of the modern global capitalistic system. Tracing the relationship between technology and economy over the past 550 years, Hugill finds that the nations that developed and marketed new technologies best were the nations that rose to world power, while those that held onto outdated technologies fell behind. Moreover, he argues, major changes in transportation and communication technologies actually constituted the moments of transformation from one world economy to another.

Peter Hugill is professor of geography at Texas A & M University.

List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Geographic Reality in the Development of Capitalism
Chapter 2. Technology and Geography in the Elaboration of Capitalism
Chapter 3. The Triumph of the Ship
Chapter 4. The Problem of Overland Transportation: Canals, Rivers, and Railroads
Chapter 5. The Return to Overland Route Flexibility: Bicycles, Cars, Trucks, and Busses
Chapter 6. Aviation and the First Global System
Chapter 7. World System Theory and Geographic Reality
References
World Maps
General Index
Index of Proper Names

Erscheint lt. Verlag	26.4.1995
Zusatzinfo	75 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	Baltimore, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	175 x 254 mm
Gewicht	680 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Technikgeschichte
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Makroökonomie
ISBN-10	0-8018-5126-2 / 0801851262
ISBN-13	978-0-8018-5126-1 / 9780801851261
Zustand	Neuware