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Topik, Steven Curtis was born on August 6, 1949 in Montebello, California, United States. Son of Kurt and Gertrude Irene (Kriszanich) Topik.
(Why are railroad tracks separated by the same four feet, ...)
Why are railroad tracks separated by the same four feet, eight inches as ancient Roman roads? How did 19th-century Europeans turn mountains of bird excrement from Peru into mountains of gold? Where has most of the world's oil come from in the 20th century? This new edition of "The World That Trade Created" reveals the answers to dozens of tantalizing questions like these. In a series of brief, highly readable vignettes the authors bring to life international trade and its actors - including migrants and merchants, pirates and privateers, sailors and slaves, traders and tree-tappers. In the process they make clear that the seemingly modern concept of economic globalization has deep historical roots. The authors also demonstrate that economic activity cannot be divorced from social and cultural contexts. This second edition provides enhanced coverage of Africa, the Middle East, and the 20th century, and features eighteen new vignettes, including two new pieces on oil.
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( In this first overview of the Brazilian republican stat...)
In this first overview of the Brazilian republican state based on extensive primary source material, Steven Topik demonstrates that well before the disruption of the export economy in 1929, the Brazilian state was one of the most interventionist in Latin America. This study counters the previous general belief that before 1930 Brazil was dominated by an export oligarchy comprised of European and North American capitalists and that only later did the state become prominent in the country’s economic development. Topik examines the state’s performance during the First Republic (1889–1930) in four sectors—finance, the coffee trade, railroads, and industry. By looking at the controversies in these areas, he explains how domestic interclass and international struggles shaped policy and notes the degree to which the state acted relatively independently of civil society. Topik’s primary concern is the actions of state officials and whether their decisions reflected the demands of the ruling class. He shows that conflicting interests of fractions of the ruling class and foreign investors gradually led to far greater state participation than any of the participants originally desired, and that the structure of the economy and of society—not the intentions of the actors—best explains the state’s economic presence.
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(In a series of brief vignettes the authors bring to life ...)
In a series of brief vignettes the authors bring to life international trade and its actors, and also demonstrate that economic activity cannot be divorced from social and cultural contexts. In the process they make clear that the seemingly modern concept of economic globalisation has deep historical roots.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0765623552/?tag=2022091-20
(The World That Trade Created: Society, Culture, And the W...)
The World That Trade Created: Society, Culture, And the World Economy, 1400 to the Present (Sources and Studies in World History) PaperbackKenneth Pomeranz (Author) Steven Topik (Author)
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(This is a presentation of the creation of a world economy...)
This is a presentation of the creation of a world economy. Topics covered include: the world economy before European domination; transplanting; specific commodities in international trade; global trade and local transformations; coffee's role; religion and world trade; and violence and nationalism.
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( A hundred years ago, the United States first projected ...)
A hundred years ago, the United States first projected itself onto the international stage, hoping to stake out a sphere of influence in Latin America just as the largest of Latin American countries, Brazil, ending a 67-year-long monarchical regime, struggled to redefine its relationship to the world economy. Debates raged between liberals and corporatists, between free traders and protectionists. When the trajectories of these two unequal giants collided, their interaction revealed much about the international economic and political affairs of their day that bears upon the debates surrounding today’s new world order.” The book begins by examining the Blaine-Mendonca Accord of 1891, the first commercial pact ever signed between Brazil and the United States, thus beginning a special relationship that lasted into the 1970’s. This is the first study of U.S.-Brazilian relations that seriously examines the internal politics and economics of both countries and how they played themselves out in the late nineteenth century. The author attempts a new kind of international history, comparative political economy, that examines not only internal dynamics but also the nature of the international regime at the time.
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Topik, Steven Curtis was born on August 6, 1949 in Montebello, California, United States. Son of Kurt and Gertrude Irene (Kriszanich) Topik.
Bachelor, University of California, San Diego, 1971; Master of Arts, University Texas, 1973; Doctor of Philosophy, University Texas, 1978.
Assistant professor, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro, 1978-1981; visiting professor, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro, since 1984; assistant professor, Colgate University, Hamilton, New York, 1981-1984; visiting professor, University Ibero Americana, Mexico City, 1982; professor, University of California, Irvine, 1984-1996; visiting professor, Ecols des Hautes Etudes en Science Social, Paris, 1990; chair historydept., since 1996. Consultant in field; member editorial committee University of California Press, Berkeley, 1987-1989.
(Why are railroad tracks separated by the same four feet, ...)
( A hundred years ago, the United States first projected ...)
( In this first overview of the Brazilian republican stat...)
( In this first overview of the Brazilian republican stat...)
(In a series of brief vignettes the authors bring to life ...)
(The World That Trade Created: Society, Culture, And the W...)
(This is a presentation of the creation of a world economy...)
(Looks like new -no writing perfect conditions)
Member Mayor's Advisory Board on Sister Cities, Irvine, 1989-1990. Member of advisory board Orange County (California) Committee on Latin American, 1989-1990. Member Latin American Studies Association, American History Association, Conference Latin American History (commission on history statistics, commission on projects and publications, chair Brazilian studies committee 1988-1990), Pacific Coast Council on Latin American Studies (Board of Governors 1987-1990). M C.
Married Martha Jane Marcy, February 3, 1979. Children: Julia, Natalia.