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A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World

William J. Bernstein

Traces the evolution of international trade, from ancient Mesopotamia to today's global marketplace, exploring the influence of commerce on agriculture, technology, politics, and civilization as a whole.

Business & EconomicsBusiness & Economics · high confidenceBusiness & Economics81 signalsLlm Classifier: Business & Economics -> Business & EconomicsOpen Library: International business enterprises -> Business & EconomicsOpen Library: History -> HistoryScience & DiscoveryTechnology, Computing & AIBusiness, Capitalism & CorporationsFood, Agriculture & Land

Award History

0 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
FT Business Book of the YearMajor2008ShortlistSecondary source
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Experimental book profileGenerated by GPT-5.4 nano · may contain inaccuracies

This is an unverified interpretation of the catalog description, offered as an opt-in discovery experiment—not as bibliographic fact.

  1. 01 Central figures

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  2. 02 Central places

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

    These suggestions did not meet the normal display threshold and are more likely to be wrong.

    • Mesopotamia48%

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    No argument inferred with sufficient confidence.

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    35 / 100 academic

    Serious trade

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 46%.