The Silk Road is a main artery connecting Europe and Asia for political, economical, cultural and technical exchange in antiquity, and glass is one of the earliest artificial materials to be invented. Studying the origin and evolution of ancient glass along the Silk Road is thus significant for understanding the development and exchange of culture and technology between China and abroad.
The Culture of Cloth in Early Modern England - Textual Constructions of a National Identity
Through its exploration of the intersections between the culture of the wool broadcloth industry and the imaginative literature of the early modern period, this study contributes to the expanding field of material studies in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century England. The author argues that it is impossible to comprehend the development of emerging English nationalism during that time period, without considering the culture of the cloth industry. She shows that, reaching far beyond its status as a commodity of production and exchange, that industry was also a locus for organizing sentiments of national solidarity across social and economic divisions.
Students will discover the ancient markets of Africa by exploring Zanzibar, the ancient Swahili commercial hub off the coast of Tanzania that helped feed the West’s demand for ivory and spices, and investigating the bustling port town of Lamu, an island off the Kenyan coast. Then it’s off to Djenne in the heart of Mali, where, in this historic center of business, politics and art, merchants and their customers continue to exchange goods and opinions.
Rationality in Economics: Constructivist and Ecological FormsThe principal findings of experimental economics are that impersonal exchange in markets converges in repeated interaction to the equilibrium states implied by economic theory, under information conditions far weaker than specified in the theory. In personal, social, and economic exchange, as studied in two-person games, cooperation exceeds the prediction of traditional game theory.
Mastering Financial Calculations: A Step-by-Step Guide to the Mathematics of Financial Market Instruments
The easy hands-on guide to the math behind every key financial instrument and technique. * Financial market arithmetic — starting with the absolute basics. * Money and bond market calculations, zero-coupon rates, and yield curves. * Foreign exchange calculations, interest rate and currency swaps, options pricing, volatility, sensitivity, and more.
