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Title Intra-Asian trade and the world market / edited by A.J.H. Latham and Heita Kawakatsu
Published London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, 2017
©2006

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Series Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia ; 34
Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia (2005) ; 34.
Contents Cover; Intra-Asian Trade and the World Market; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; 1 China's overseas trade policy and its historical results: 1522-1840; 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 silk market: 1859-1929
6 Inter-Asian competition in the sugar market, 1890-19397 Rival merchants: the Korean market in the late nineteenth century; 8 Tan Kim Ching and Siam "Garden rice": the rice trade between Siam and Singapore in the late nineteenth century; 9 The Rangoon Gazette and inter-Asian competition in the intra-Asian rice trade 1920-41; 10 Japanese competition in the Congo Basin in the 1930s; 11 Shifting patterns of multilateral settlements in the Asia-Pacific region in the 1930s
12 Inter-Asian competition for the British market in cotton textiles: the political economy of Anglo-Asian cartels, c.1932-6013 An edible oil for the world: Malaysian and Indonesian competition in the palm oil trade, 1945-2000; Index
Summary Intra-Asian trade is a major theme of recent writing on Asian economic history. From the second half of the nineteenth century, intra-Asian trade flows linked Asia into an integrated economic system, with reciprocal benefits for all participants. But although this was a network from which all gained, there was also considerable inter-Asian competition between Asian producers for these Asian markets, and those of the wider world. This collection presents captivating snap-shots of trade in specific commodities, alongside chapters comprehensively covering the region. The book covers: Chi
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Asian history.
Economic history.
Ethnic studies.
Regional studies.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- International -- Marketing.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- Trade & Tariffs.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- International -- General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Exports & Imports.
Commerce
International economic relations
Binnenhandel
Geschichte
Weltmarkt
SUBJECT Asia -- Commerce
Subject Asia
Asien
Form Electronic book
Author Latham, A. J. H
Kawakatsu, Heita, 1948-
LC no. 2020690910
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