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Conflict and Co-operation: A History of Trade

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Paul Seabright explores the evolution of global trade in goods, people and ideas.

Conflict and Co-operation: A History of Trade: Series 1: When Cultures Collide

When Cultures Collide

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When civilizations meet, trade has a major part to play. Paul Seabright investigates.

Paul Seabright explores our trading past:  the impact of trade - good and bad - when cultures meet. From 2018.

When Captain Cook arrived in New Zealand waters in 1769, his sailors and the Maori who met them began to trade almost immediately. When two civilizations meet, trade has a major role to play - for good and for bad. 

Paul Seabright investigates the cultural impact of trade. And, in a story from China, he hears how the social consequences of trade contacts made many centuries ago can still be seen today. 

Producer: Chris Ledgard.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2018.

Conflict and Co-operation: A History of Trade: Series 1

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