Download or read book The World that Trade Created written by Kenneth Pomeranz and published by M.E. Sharpe. This book was released on 2006 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why are railroad tracks separated by the same four feet, eight inches as ancient Roman roads? How did 19th-century Europeans turn mountains of bird excrement from Peru into mountains of gold? The answers to these tantalizing questions and dozens more will be revealed.