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International trade has shaped the modern world, yet until now no single book has been available for both economists and general readers that traces the history of the international economy from its earliest beginnings to the present day. Power and Plenty fills this gap, providing the first full account of world trade and development over the course of the last millennium. Ronald Findlay and Kevin O'Rourke examine the successive waves of globalization and "deglobalization" that have occurred d
Go read up on the globalization system that existed prior to WW1, we had flows of information, people and goods that is not equalled today.
I personally enjoyed this book
Power and Plenty: Trade, War, and the World Economy in the Second Millennium (The Princeton Economic History of the Western World) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0691143277/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_URRyDb188MN47
Been trying to remember this title.
Power and Plenty: Trade, War, and the World Economy in the Second Millennium (Princeton Economic History of the Western World) Ronald Findlay and Kevin O'Rourke.
It's written more at an academic level than at a popular audience. But it's an important look at what's been going on at the international level for the whole of the modern era.
http://www.amazon.com/Power-Plenty-Millennium-Princeton-Economic/dp/0691143277
Its a series of books. The specific one is here I think. The entire series is used as required reading for some history classes.