Asia and the History of the International Economy

Essays in Memory of Peter Mathias
Herausgeber: Kawakatsu, Heita; Latham, A. J. H.

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Produktbeschreibung

This edited volume is in honour of Peter Mathias. It presents an international intercourse of the economies before and during the Industrial Revolution. It covers a wide range of topics from industries, trade to court system and the consumer society. The papers enlighten readers on aspects of the development of the international economy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Februar 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 489g
• ISBN-13: 9781138298606
• ISBN-10: 1138298603
• Artikelnr.: 51279617

Autorenporträt

A.J.H. Latham was Senior Lecturer in International Economic History at the University of Wales, Swansea (now Swansea University), and is in active retirement. He is co-editor of many studies including Intra-Asian Trade and Industrialization, and The Evolving Structure of the East Asian Economic System since 1700, both published by Routledge. Heita Kawakatsu is the Governor of Shizuoka Prefecture since 2009. Prior, he was President of Shizuoka University of Art and Culture and Professor of Economic History and Vice Director of the International Research Center for Japanese Studies in Kyoto. He is co-editor of many studies including Intra-Asian Trade and Industrialization and The Evolving Structure of the East Asian Economic System since 1700, both published by Routledge.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction (A.J.H. Latham) PART I 1. An Interview with Peter Mathias
(A.J.H. Latham) PART II 2. Barges and Bargemasters on the Thames in the
Eighteenth Century (H.I.H. Crown Prince Naruhito) 3. Edo and Water (H.I.H.
Crown Prince Naruhito) 4. Consuming Plants: Botany and Consumer Society
(Toshio Kusamitsu) 5. Invisible Links: Maritime Trade between Japan and
South Asia in the Early Modern Period (Ryuto Shimada) 6. Knowledge and Use
of Japanese by the Dutch on Dejima Island, Nagasaki (L.M. Cullen) 7.
India's Role in the Industrial Revolution (Heita Kawakatsu) 8. India and
the Emergence of the International Economy: A Synopsis (A.J.H. Latham) 9.
Steamship Competition in Asia in the Late Nineteenth Century: Britain and
the United States (Masami Kita) 10. Reorganization of the Mixed Court
System in Shanghai, 1906-1913 (Eiichi Motono) 11. The Dispute over the
Quality of Rice Exports from Siam to Europe in the 1920s (Toshiyuki Miyata)
12. Japan's Economic Diplomacy in Colonial Africa during the Inter-war
Period: Japanese Consular Reports (Katsuhiko Kitagawa)