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Mapping the Mercantilist World Economy

Posted on October 18, 2015 by ericrossacademic

This semester I get to teach Economic Geography, a Sophomore-level course in our International Studies program. I use World Systems and World History perspectives, both of which favor a global scale of analysis (the course textbook is Knox, Agnew & … Continue reading →

Posted in map work, teaching | Tagged 13 factories, Adam Smith, Amsterdam Stock Exchange, Bank of England, Bengal Bubble, bullion, chartered company, Compagnie française pour le commerces des Indes orientales, consulates, currency, Dejima, English East Indies Company, freedom of trade, gold, gun-boat diplomacy, Hugo Grotius, Ibn Battûta, import-substitution, Jean-Baptiste Colbert, joint-stock companies, Lloyd's, Madame de Pompadour, Manila Galleon, mare clausum, mare liberum, Mississippi Bubble, Moors, Navigation Acts, pirates, porcelain, privateers, Royal Exchange, silk, silver, slavery, Sokollu Mehmed Paşa, South Sea Bubble, spices, sugar, Thomas Mun, trade, Tulip Bubble, Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie, world history, world system, Zheng He | 5 Comments
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