Global Trade in the Premodern World: Thematic Approaches to Routes, Realms, and Networks (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780367512231)

Richard L. Smith was Emeritus Professor of History at Ferrum College, Virginia. His teaching and research were driven by wide-ranging interests in trade across Afro-Eurasia, especially in the first millennium CE. Smith's publications include Premodern Trade in World History (2008) and numerous chapters and articles.

Edmond Smith is Professor of Economic Cultures at the University of Manchester, UK. Their research and teaching explore the cultural and institutional origins of globalization across the second millennium CE. Smith has published numerous articles, chapters, and books, including the prize-winning monograph Merchants (2021).