international trade

"Worldmark Global Business And Economy Issues covers current business and economic issues that have an impact globally. Intended to meet the needs of global studies courses as well as International Baccalaureate and AP courses in Economics and Business & Management, this set is designed to give students and researchers a resource that helps contextualize and analyze the central issues surrounding international business and economics. Arranged alphabetically by topic (V1: Business & Management; V2: Economy), the set illustrates the breadth of each issue globally. Entries have standard subheads that allow for a 360 degree view of the topic being covered. Entries include primary source documents providing a deeper insight into the topic and sidebars that offer ancillary information to the entry. Front and backmatter include a timeline of events, glossary of key terms, general bibliography, annotated list of organizations, and general index"--From the publisher's web site.

Photographs and easy-to-follow text introduce young readers to the economic function of trade, and describes what trade is, a brief history of trade, bartering in the twenty-first century, and other related topics.

Text and color illustrations explore the fight to save endangered species, and the crucial role they play in our ecosystem.

"... explores how throughout time societies have switched from basic bartering and trading to using money to exchange items of value [covering] the origins of trade and Europe's trade routes [and] about how these things have influenced modern trading... "--Provided by publisher.

Discusses how we use money to access goods and services and the trade that makes them available.

"Unshackling America challenges the persistent fallacy that Americans fought two separate wars of independence. Williard Sterne Randall documents an unremitting fifty-year-long struggle for economic independence from Britain overlapping two armed conflicts linked by an unacknowledged global struggle. Throughout this perilous period, the struggle was all about free trade. Neither Jefferson nor any other Founding Father could divine that the Revolutionary Period of 1763 to 1783 had concluded only one part, the first phase of their ordeal. The Treaty of Paris of 1783 at the end of the Revolutionary War halted overt combat but had achieved only partial political autonomy from Britain. By not guaranteeing American economic independence and agency, Britain continued to deny American sovereignty. Randall details the fifty years and persistent attempts by the British to control American trade waters, but he also shows how, despite the outrageous restrictions, the United States asserted the doctrine of neutral rights and developed the world's second largest merchant fleet as it absorbed the French Caribbean trade. American ships carrying trade increased five-fold between 1790 and 1800, its tonnage nearly doubling again between 1800 and 1812, ultimately making the United States the world's largest independent maritime power"--Provided by publisher.

Explore the world's views on the topic of international trade. Includes teacher notes.

"Follow the trade route to the Middle Ages and witness the expansion of trade and commerce, made possible by the advancements in shipbuilding. Your Guide to Trade in the Middle Ages explores the effects of this expansion, including the growth of towns, the formation of guilds, the increasing demand for luxury items, and the famous travels to China of a merchant named Marco Polo"--Provided by publisher.

Explores where chocolate comes from, how it is made and discusses how fair trade helps people around the world achieve better working conditions and fair prices for growing chocolate and other products such as bananas, tea, peanuts, sugar and honey.

An introduction to trade, trade history, and how goods and services are exchanged throughout the world by the use of currency.