| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Global economic history series, 1872-5155 ; volume 15 |
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Global economic history series ; v. 15.
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| Contents |
Intro; Submarine Telegraphy and the Hunt for Gutta Percha: Challenge and Opportunity in a Global Trade; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Abbreviations; Currency Values, Weights and Measurements; Glossary; Introduction; Part 1: Submarine Telegraphy: The Forces of Science and Commerce; 1 The Significance of Gutta Percha and the Rise of Submarine Telegraphy; Gutta Percha and Its Significance; The Development and Significance of Submarine Telegraphy; 2 Gutta Percha and the Challenge of Submarine Telegraphy; Gutta Percha and Submarine Telegraphy -- The Early Years |
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Growth Years of Submarine Telegraphy and Its Dependence upon Gutta Percha3 The Rise and Challenges of the Gutta Percha Trade; The Lands of Plenty: Southeast Asia and Regional Trade; The European Hunt for Gutta Percha; 4 Factory to Forest: Opportunity at the Periphery; Singapore and the Development of the Gutta Percha Trade; The Trade Comes to Sarawak via Singapore; Part 2: Power, Profit and the Periphery; 5 The Gutta Percha Trade of Sarawak; Sarawak, Its People and the Brooke Administrations; Significance and Growth of the Gutta Percha Trade in Sarawak |
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6 Operation of the Gutta Percha Trade in SarawakThe Trade Network; Overland Trade Paths; Trade Venues: Bazaars and Outports; Credit and Barter; 7 Impact of the Gutta Percha Trade -- Opportunity; Interaction with the External Market; The Changing Nature of Sarawak Imports; Prestige Goods or Pusaka; 8 Impact of the Gutta Percha Trade -- Change and Challenge; Monetization; Changing Social Relations and the Gutta Percha 'Wars'; 9 Conclusions; Appendix 1 Gutta Percha; Appendix 2 Statistical Material; References; Index |
| Summary |
In Submarine Telegraphy and the Hunt for Gutta Percha , Helen Godfrey traces the connections between submarine telegraphy and the peoples of Singapore and Sarawak (Borneo) who supplied 'gutta percha', the latex insulating the world network of undersea telegraph cables. The book examines the complex inter-relationships linking metropolitan and local environments in a trade once described as a matter of interest to the whole civilized world. Using previously untapped corporate and official archives, trade data and a rich documentary record, the study explores the roles of cable producers, scientists, administrators, and local Chinese and indigenous traders. It reveals how a global trade may transcend technological, geographic and cross-cultural challenges, even hostilities. Motivations and outcomes are more complex than simple commercial gain |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 19, 2018) |
| Subject |
Cables, Submarine -- History
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Gutta-percha -- Economic aspects -- Asia -- History
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Telegraph -- Economic aspects -- History
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Exports & Imports.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- International -- General.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- International -- Marketing.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- Trade & Tariffs.
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Cables, Submarine
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Telegraph -- Economic aspects
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Asia
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2018002929 |
| ISBN |
9789004357280 |
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9004357289 |
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