UID:
almahu_9949702582902882
Format:
1 online resource.
ISBN:
9789047421696
Series Statement:
Brill eBook titles 2007
Content:
Against the background of a regional crisis caused by dynastic change in China and the closure of Japan in the middle of the seventeenth century, the Vietnamese kingdom of Tonkin rose to the fore as the major silk producing and exporting region in East Asia. Based on a wealth of so far unused primary sources from the Dutch East India Company (VOC) archives, this monograph explains how Dutch and Chinese maritime traders played a critical role in Tonkin's dramatic emergence as a trading power. The author examines the vicissitudes in political relations, the varying trends in the VOC-Tonkin import and export trade, and the Dutch influence on the seventeenth-century Vietnamese feudal society.
Note:
Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Part One. The Setting -- Part Two. The Political Relations -- Part Three. The Commercial Relations -- Part Four. Dutch-Vietnamese Interactions -- Conclusion -- Appendices -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Additional Edition:
Silk for silver ISBN 9789004156012
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9004156011
Language:
English
