Modern History
A history of commerce
Clive Day · narrated by Moss
2026
28h 47m
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Clive Day surveys the whole story of trade, from the caravans of antiquity and medieval fairs to the great trading companies and the industrial age. It shows how commerce built empires, linked continents, and reshaped daily life. A clear, wide-ranging economic history for listeners curious about how the modern world grew rich.
Inside this audiobook
58 chapters
- 1CHAPTER I GENERAL CONDITIONS26m
- 2CHAPTER II ORIENTAL PERIOD21m
- 3CHAPTER III GREEK PERIOD24m
- 4CHAPTER IV ROMAN PERIOD11m
- 5PART II.—MEDIEVAL COMMERCE25m
- 6CHAPTER VI TOWN TRADE36m
- 7CHAPTER VII LAND TRADE22m
- 8CHAPTER VIII FAIRS15m
- 9CHAPTER IX SEA TRADE23m
- 10CHAPTER X THE LEVANT TRADE28m
- 11CHAPTER XI COMMERCE OF SOUTHERN EUROPE26m
- 12CHAPTER XII COMMERCE OF NORTHERN EUROPE22m
- 13CHAPTER XIII DEVELOPMENT OF THE MEDIEVAL ORGANIZATION OF COMMERCE24m
- 14CHAPTER XIV COMMERCE AND POLITICS IN THE LATER MIDDLE AGES13m
- 15PART III.—MODERN COMMERCE28m
- 16CHAPTER XVI DEVELOPMENT OF THE ECONOMIC ORGANIZATION29m
- 17CHAPTER XVII CREDIT AND CRISES30m
- 18CHAPTER XVIII THE MODERN STATE AND THE MERCANTILE SYSTEM36m
- 19CHAPTER XIX SPAIN AND PORTUGAL40m
- 20CHAPTER XX THE NETHERLANDS22m
- 21CHAPTER XXI ENGLAND: SURVEY OF COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT25m
- 22CHAPTER XXII ENGLAND: EXPORTS28m
- 23CHAPTER XXIII ENGLAND: IMPORTS; SHIPPING; POLICY28m
- 24CHAPTER XXIV FRANCE: SURVEY OF COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT31m
- 25CHAPTER XXV FRANCE: POLICY19m
- 26CHAPTER XXVI THE GERMAN STATES34m
- 27CHAPTER XXVII ITALY AND MINOR STATES16m
- 28PART IV.—RECENT COMMERCE27m
- 29CHAPTER XXIX MACHINERY AND MANUFACTURES28m
- 30CHAPTER XXX ROADS AND RAILROADS26m
- 31CHAPTER XXXI MEANS OF NAVIGATION AND COMMUNICATION41m
- 32CHAPTER XXXII THE WARES OF COMMERCE32m
- 33CHAPTER XXXIII THE MODERN ORGANIZATION45m
- 34CHAPTER XXXIV COMMERCIAL POLICY32m
- 35CHAPTER XXXV ENGLAND: COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, 1800-185031m
- 36CHAPTER XXXVI ENGLAND: REFORM OF COMMERCIAL POLICY22m
- 37CHAPTER XXXVII ENGLAND: COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, 1850-191428m
- 38CHAPTER XXXVIII ENGLAND: PRE-WAR PROBLEMS36m
- 39CHAPTER XXXIX THE GERMAN STATES20m
- 40CHAPTER XL GERMANY UNDER THE EMPIRE39m
- 41CHAPTER XLI FRANCE24m
- 42CHAPTER XLII MINOR STATES OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN EUROPE29m
- 43CHAPTER XLIII STATES OF SOUTHERN EUROPE34m
- 44CHAPTER XLIV EASTERN EUROPE40m
- 45PART V.—THE UNITED STATES42m
- 46CHAPTER XLVI INTERNAL TRADE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE, 178933m
- 47CHAPTER XLVII COMMERCE AND POLICY, 1789-181534m
- 48CHAPTER XLVIII NATIONAL EXPANSION, 1815-186042m
- 49CHAPTER XLIX EXPORTS, 1815-186026m
- 50CHAPTER L IMPORTS, POLICY, DIRECTION OF COMMERCE, 1815-186033m
- 51CHAPTER LI NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, 1860-191437m
- 52CHAPTER LII EXPORTS, 1860-191428m
- 53CHAPTER LIII IMPORTS, POLICY, DIRECTION OF COMMERCE, 1860-191439m
- 54PART VI.—THE WORLD WAR33m
- 55CHAPTER LV THE UNITED KINGDOM, 1914-192039m
- 56CHAPTER LVI FRANCE AND THE PROBLEM OF REPARATIONS32m
- 57CHAPTER LVII CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE, 1914-192038m
- 58CHAPTER LVIII THE UNITED STATES, 1914-192057m
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