Waves of Prosperity: How Business Transformed India, China and the West

by Greg Clydesdale

Book Overview

When the Genoese merchant, Marco Polo, first arrived in Dynastic China he was faced with a society far advanced of anything he had encountered in Europe. The ports were filled with commodities from all over the eastern world, while new technology was driving the economy forward. It would take another 400 years before European trade in the Atlantic eclipsed the Pacific markets.

From China's phenomenally successful Sung dynasty (c. AD 960-1279),...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472139003
• ISBN13: 9781472139009
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Robinson Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.1"