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La vida y obra de Miguel de Cervantes coincide con el primer ciclo de la globalización. El principal motor de la economía mundial fue el comercio de la plata entre los mercados americanos y Asia. La nueva economía mundial se desarrolló al mismo tiempo que la «revolución militar» en Eurasia. Los imperios otomano, persa, mongol y ruso y otras entidades políticas usaron los nuevos «hardware» y «software» militares para expandir sus fronteras y mantener su posición, empleando gran parte de sus recursos financieros. Esas nuevas realidades políticas y económicas impulsaron los intercambios que irrevocablemente cambiaron la historia del mundo. Este fue el tiempo de El Quijote. ; The life and work of Miguel de Cervantes coincide with the first cycle of globalization. One of the main engines of the world economy was the silver trade between the Americas and the Asian markets. The new world economy was developing at the same time as the «military revolution» in Eurasia. The Spanish, Ottoman, Safavid, Mughal and Russian empires and other political entities used the new military «hardware» and «software» to expand their borders and to maintain their position employing the larger part of their financial resources. These new economic and political realities propelled ecological exchanges that would irrevocably change the history of the world. That was the time of Don Quixote. ; Publicado

Abstract.  Globalization began when all heavily populated land masses began interacting – both directly and indirectly via other land masses – in a sustained manner with deep consequences for all interacting regions. Globalization emerged during the sixteenth century. Dynamism emanating from within China played a pivotal role. Valid hypotheses concerning globalization's emergence must accommodate evidence from numerous disciplinary debates. Discussion of globalization's birth in terms of economic issues alone – for example, O'Rourke and Williamson's price convergence of the 1820s – is doomed. The central role of economic history – including Chinese economic history – becomes salient when arguments are formulated in the context of a multidisciplinary, global historical narrative.

"This title was first published in 2002.In recent years scholars have begun to conceptualize the history of the Pacific Ocean as a subset of world history. This question is taken up in the introductory chapter of this volume, which sets out four periods of modern Pacific history: a silver period, 1570s-1750; a period of early integration, 1750-1850; a gold period, 1850-c.1900; and a period of imperial strategies after the gold rushes. The next chapter looks at the fur trade of the Pacific coast of America, and its dependence on markets in China and Russia, followed by a set which focus on the era of the gold rushes, in California, Australia and New Zealand, when the pace of Pacific integration grew rapidly and new markets opened across the ocean. The last chapters examine aspects of the subsequent evolution of the Pacific Ocean into an 'American lake', looking in particular at the interlocking of politics and migration. This volume carries forward study of the 'Pacific Centuries', promoting the conceptualization of the Pacific Ocean as a coherent unit of analysis, and providing further important steps toward provision of the multi-century framework that is required for proper understanding of today's 'Pacific Century'."--Provided by publisher.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- General Editor's Preface -- Introduction -- PART ONE - THE GALLEONS IN A LARGER CONTEXT -- 1 Geographical Exploration by the Spaniards -- 2 The Relations of the Chinese to the Philippine Islands -- PART TWO - INITIATING THE GALLEON TRADE -- 3 The Mediterranean Connection -- 4 Crusade or Commerce? Spanish-Moro Relations in the Sixteenth Century -- 5 Spain and Spanish Trade in Southeast Asia -- 6 The Japanese Trade and Residence in the Philippines: Before and During the Spanish Occupation -- PART THREE - IMPACTS OF THE GALLEON TRADE THROUGH THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY: THEORY AND EVIDENCE -- 7 Plata es Sangre: Sidelights on the Drain of Spanish-American Silver in the Far East, 1550-1700 -- 8 Le Galion de Manilie: Grandeur et décadence d'une route de la soie -- 9 Las Conexiones e Intercambios Americanos con el Oriente Bajo el Marco Imperial Español -- 10 The Chinese Silk Trade with Spanish-America from the Late Ming to the Mid-Ch'ing Period -- 11 Arbitrage, China, and World Trade in the Early Modern Period -- PART FOUR - FURTHER IMPACTS OF THE GALLEON TRADE -- 12 Eighteenth Century Philippine Economy: Commerce -- 13 Aventuras asiáticas del peso mexicano -- 14 Two and a Half Centuries of the Galleon Trade -- Index