Dennis O. Flynn / Lionel Frost / A.J.H. Latham (eds.)

Pacific Centuries

Pacific and Pacific Rim Economic History Since the 16th Century
Herausgeber: Flynn, Dennis O.; Latham, A. J. H.; Frost, Lionel

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Produktbeschreibung

This book provides an overview of five centuries of Pacific and Pacific Rim economic and trade history, making it a valuable contribution to understanding of the increasing global importance of this region.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Dezember 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 479g
• ISBN-13: 9780415184311
• ISBN-10: 0415184312
• Artikelnr.: 21664810

Autorenporträt

Dennis O. Flynn, Lionel Frost, A.J.H. Latham

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Pacific Centuries Emerging 1. Spanish Profitability in the
Pacific: The Philippines in the 16th and 17th Centuries Dennis O. Flynn and
Arturo Giralez 2. The Great Silk Exchange: How the World was Connected and
Developed Debin Ma 3. Islands in the Rim: Ecology and History in and around
the Pacific, 1521-1996 John R. McNeill 4. Maritime Trade and the
Agro-ecology of South China Robert B. Marks 5. Rice is a Luxury, Not a
Necessity: The Sources of Asian Growth A.J.H. Latham Gold Rushes and the
Trans-Pacific Wheat Trade: California and Australia, 1848 to 1857 James
Gerber 7. American Trade Dollars in Nineteenth Century China David J. St.
Clair 8. Alfred Crosby's Ecological Imperialism Reconsidered: A Case Study
of European Settlement and Environmental Change on the Pacific Rim Warwick
Frost 9. Economic Motivations for China-United States Rapproachment in 1971
Lori Warner 10. Migration and Perceptions of Identity: The Case of
Singapore and Malaysian Perceptions of the Australian Identity (1966-1996)
Kevin Blackburn