Global Economy

<p><em>The Global Economy: A Concise History</em> traces the history of the global economy over the past thousand years. In doing so it explores all the main waves of globalization from the trade revolution of the Middle Ages to the Great and Little Divergence between the West and the East as well as the North and the South of the world.</p><p>This book examines the Industrial Revolution and the World Wars and their respective consequences as well as the interaction between technological shifts and the transition in geopolitical equilibria. The last chapters are dedicated to an in-depth examination of the transformation which occurred in the global economy after 1989. The chronological structure of the book is designed to help students memorize and understand key events. This book also discusses broader themes such as convergence–divergence growth and decline development and industrial revolutions.</p><p>This will make it of interest not only to students and academics but to all readers wishing to gain a deeper understanding of the history and current state of the global economy.</p>