Opis: A General History of Commerce (Classic Reprint) - Webster William Clarence

Excerpt from A General History of Commerce

In writing this book I have had constantly in mind the needs of the student. I have tried, therefore, to tell the story of commerce in a systematic manner, in order that the reader may get clear-cut and accurate pictures of the commercial growth and decay of separate nations, and an understanding of the forces, industrial, racial, and climatic, which have contributed to the steady expansion of the world's trade. A history of the world's commerce is a story of much more than international barter and sale. A nation's commerce is born of its industry and is part of its struggle for the necessaries, the comforts, and the luxuries of life. It prospers in peace and is destroyed by war. A historian of the world's commerce, therefore, has no lack of material possessing the greatest human interest. Every war changes the current of his narrative and every period of peace adds to the importance of his subject. If this book is dull, it will be because I have failed to grasp the dramatic elements which the subject presents.

The growth of industrial power in the United States on account of its efficient and enlightened labor, its natural resources, its accumulating capital, and its inventive genius, is making the subject of commerce of present and vital significance in this country. In response to a popular demand it is being given a place in the curricula of our high schools and colleges.

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Szczegóły: A General History of Commerce (Classic Reprint) - Webster William Clarence

Nazwa: A General History of Commerce (Classic Reprint)
Autor: Webster William Clarence
Wydawnictwo: FB &c Ltd
Kod paskowy: 9781330781524
Języki: angielski
Ilość stron: 604
Format: 15.2x22.9cm
Oprawa: Miękka

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