Pacific centuries : Pacific and Pacific Rim economic history since the 16th century / / edited by Dennis O. Flynn, Lionel Frost and A.J.H. Latham
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| Titolo: |
Pacific centuries : Pacific and Pacific Rim economic history since the 16th century / / edited by Dennis O. Flynn, Lionel Frost and A.J.H. Latham
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| Pubblicazione: | London, : Routledge, 1999 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 330.99 |
| Soggetto topico: | Economic history |
| Soggetto geografico: | Pacific Area Economic conditions |
| Pacific Area History | |
| Altri autori: |
FlynnDennis Owen <1945->
FrostLionel
LathamA. J. H
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p.246-49) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Introduction: Pacific centuries emerging; Spanish profitability in the Pacific: the Philippines in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries; The great silk exchange: how the world was connected and developed; Islands in the rim: ecology and history in and around the Pacific, 1521 1996; Maritime trade and the agro-ecology of South China, 1685 1850; Rice is a luxury, not a necessity: the sources of Asian growth; Gold rushes and the trans-Pacific wheat trade: California and Australia, 1848 57 |
| American trade dollars in nineteenth-century ChinaAlfred Crosby's Ecological Imperialism reconsidered: a case study of European settlement and environmental change on the Pacific Rim; Economic motivations for China-United States rapproachment in 1971; Migration and perceptions of identity: the case of Singapore and Malaysian perceptions of the Australian identity, 1966 96; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Pacific centuries |
| ISBN: | 1-134-66902-X |
| 0-429-23208-X | |
| 1-282-37299-8 | |
| 9786612372995 | |
| 1-134-66903-8 | |
| 0-203-44566-X | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910821450003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Routledge explorations in economic history