05901nam 22009495 450 991095469750332120240322003723.09781137486530113748653810.1057/9781137486530(CKB)3710000000500463(EBL)4082333(SSID)ssj0001569477(PQKBManifestationID)16221018(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001569477(PQKBWorkID)13774153(PQKB)10472677(SSID)ssj0001606839(PQKBManifestationID)16316677(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001606839(PQKBWorkID)14896298(PQKB)11708772(DE-He213)978-1-137-48653-0(MiAaPQ)EBC4082333(PPN)191704946(Perlego)3489892(EXLCZ)99371000000050046320160106d2015 u| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRivalry for Trade in Tea and Textiles The English and Dutch East India companies (1700-1800) /by Chris Nierstrasz1st ed. 2015.London :Palgrave Macmillan UK :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2015.1 online resource (243 p.)Europe's Asian Centuries,2946-3661Description based upon print version of record.9781349571567 1349571563 9781137486523 113748652X Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover ; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Measurements; List of Terms; Introduction ; 1 A new approach ; 2 Spices, tea and textiles ; 3 East India Companies and tea ; 4 East India Companies and textiles ; 5 The different chapters ; 1 Imperfect Monopolies ; 1 Imperfect monopoly in trade1.1 Mix of commodities 1.2 Monopoly and private trade ; 2 Imperfect monopoly in Europe ; 2.1 Silver and taxation ; 2.2 Re-export of Asian commodities ; 3 Imperfect monopoly in Asia ; 3.1 Beyond silver ; 3.2 Intra-Asian trade and Empire ; 3.3 Empire and the home state ; Conclusion2 Rivalry for Tea: Empires and Private Trade 1 Tea, monopoly and competition ; 1.1 Competition for monopoly (1685-1730) ; 1.2 A competitive market (1730-1790) ; 2 Empires and tea ; 2.1 Direct trade and Empire ; 2.2 EIC intra-Asian trade and English country trade2.3 British Empire and Canton 3 Private trade and tea ; 3.1 The 'discovery' of tea ; 3.2 Private trade and Batavia ; 3.3 Private trade in tea as a tool of competition ; 3.4 English private trade in tea ; Conclusion ; 3 Popularisation of Tea: Smugglers and Different Varieties of Tea1 Tea and smuggling 1.1 The problem of contraband tea ; 1.2 An answer to smuggling ; 2 Smuggling and America ; 2.1 Unnoticed smuggling ; 2.2 British Empires connect ; 3 Selections of tea ; 3.1 Different varieties, different prices ; 3.2 A different selection of tea ; Conclusion4 Rivalry for Textiles: A Global MarketThe rivalry for trade in tea and textiles between the English and Dutch East India companies is very much a global history. This trade is strongly connected to emblematic events such as the opening of Western trade with China, the Boston Tea Party, the establishment of British Empire in Bengal and the Industrial Revolution.Europe's Asian Centuries,2946-3661EuropeHistoryAsiaHistoryEconomic historyIndustriesWorld historyHistory, ModernEuropean HistoryAsian HistoryEconomic HistoryIndustriesWorld History, Global and Transnational HistoryModern HistoryEuropeHistory.AsiaHistory.Economic history.Industries.World history.History, Modern.European History.Asian History.Economic History.Industries.World History, Global and Transnational History.Modern History.382/.413720942Nierstrasz Chrisauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1793087BOOK9910954697503321Rivalry for Trade in Tea and Textiles4332517UNINA