John Latham / Heita Kawakatsu (eds.)

Intra-Asian Trade and the World Market

Herausgeber: Latham, A J H; Kawakatsu, Heita

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Filling a particular gap in the literature on intra-Asian trade prior to the twentieth century, this is an insightful study that makes a considerable contribution to our knowledge of the Asian trade both prior to, and after, the arrival of colonial states. It will be of great interest to historians and economists focusing on Asia.

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Presenting captivating snapshots of trade in specific commodities, alongside chapters comprehensively covering the region, this book makes a significant contribution to our knowledge of Asian trade during the colonial and pre-colonial periods.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Januar 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 161mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 531g
• ISBN-13: 9780415372077
• ISBN-10: 0415372070
• Artikelnr.: 21190436

Autorenporträt

A.J.H. Latham retired as Senior Lecturer in International Economic History at the University of Wales, Swansea, in 2003. His recent books include Rice: The Primary Commodity. He co-edited (with Kawakatsu) Asia Pacific Dynamism, 1550-2000 (both are published by Routledge)., Heita Kawakatsu is Vice-Director of the International Research Centre for Japanese Studies in Kyoto, and Professor of Economic History there. His publications in Japanese include Japanese Civilisation and the Modern West, and he recently edited. A History of the Asia Pacific Economy, 1500-2000.

Inhaltsangabe

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