From the Book - First U.S. edition.
The Asian market: 200-1000CE
Europe revives: 1000-1500
The great change: 1500-1820
Manufacturing: worshiping our makers
The first era of globalisation: 1820-1914
World wars and depression: 1914-1945
Transport: the vital network
From the wonder years to the malaise: 1945-1979
Central banks: money and technocrats
The second era of globalisation: the developed world, 1979-2007
Government: an ever-present force
A truly global economy: the developing world, 1979-2007
Technology and innovation
The crisis and after: 2007 to today.
