{"product_id":"global-economic-history-9781350290082","title":"Global Economic History","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGuiding the reader through the many guises of global economic history, this book uncovers its key issues, debates and subjects. \u003c\/b\u003eWith contributions from leading scholars around the world, it delves into the economic histories of Africa, Europe, Asia and the Americas from the 16th to the 20th centuries. From the environment to The Great Divergence, finance, consumption, trade, industrialisation, commodities and labour regimes, it demonstrates the global nature of economic history, and highlights how indispensable it is and has been. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUpdated throughout, this new edition boasts an expanded introduction and four new chapters on capitalism and political economy, European empires and colonialism, North Africa and the Middle East, and the North American Economy. A comprehensive introduction to global economic history, this textbook provides students with a confident grasp of the field, its key debates and essential issues.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGiorgio Riello \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Global History and Culture at the University of Warwick, UK. He has authored or edited several books on the history of early modern Europe and Asia, including \u003ci\u003eThe Spinning World\u003c\/i\u003e (2009); \u003ci\u003eHow India Clothed the World\u003c\/i\u003e (with T. Roy, 2009); \u003ci\u003eWriting Material Culture History\u003c\/i\u003e (2014); and \u003ci\u003eCotton: The Fabric that Made the Modern World\u003c\/i\u003e (2013).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTirthankar Roy \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Economic History at the London School of Economics, UK. He has published extensively on the economic history of modern South Asia, and is the author of \u003ci\u003eIndia in the World Economy from Antiquity to the Present\u003c\/i\u003e (2012); \u003ci\u003eThe Economic History of India 1857-1947\u003c\/i\u003e (2012); and \u003ci\u003eAn Economic History of Early Modern India \u003c\/i\u003e(2013).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50901480997138,"sku":"9781350290082","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_35d326b4-e231-4d07-9d82-31194d5c852b.jpg?v=1738427010","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/global-economic-history-9781350290082","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}