UID:
almahu_9949519460402882
Format:
1 online resource (xxi, 242 p. )
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ill.
ISBN:
1-134-19408-0
Series Statement:
Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia ; 34
Content:
This collection presents 'snap-shots' of trade in specific commodities, alongside chapters covering the region. This book fills a particular gap in the literature on intra-Asian trade prior to the 20th century, and makes a considerable contribution to our knowledge of the Asian trade.
Note:
Formerly CIP.
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Foreword 1. China's Overseas Trade Policy and its Historical Results 1540-1840 2. The Golden Age of Japanese Copper: The Intra-Asian Copper Trade of the Dutch East India Company 3. Inter-Asian Competition in the Fur Market in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries 4. The Japanese Acquisition of Maritime Technology from the United Kingdom 5. Inter-Asian Competition in the World Market for Silk, 1859-1929 6. Inter-Asian Competition in the Sugar Market, 1890-1941 7. Rival Merchants: The Korean Market in the Late Nineteenth Century 8. The Rice Trade between Siam and Singapore in the Late Nineteenth Century: Tan Kim Ching and Siam 'Garden Rice' 9. The Rangoon Gazette and Inter-Asian Competition in the Intra-Asian Rice Trade, 1920-1941 10. Japanese Competition in the Congo Basin in the 1930s 11. Shifting Patterns of Multilateral Settlements in the Asia-Pacific Regions in the 1930s 12. Inter-Asian Competition for the British Market in Cotton Textiles: The Political Economy of Anglo-Asian Cartels, c.1932-1960 13. An Edible Oil for the World: Malaysian and Indonesian Competition for the Palm Oil Trade, 1945-2000
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.