Intra-Asian trade and the world market [[electronic resource] /] / edited by A. J. H. Latham and Heita Kawakatsu

• Pubblicazione: London, : Routledge, 2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (262 p.)
• Disciplina: 382.095; 382/.095
• Soggetto geografico: Asia Foreign economic relations; Asia Commerce
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: LathamA. J. H KawakatsuHeita <1948->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Intra-Asian trade and the world market
• ISBN: 1-280-48074-2; 9786610480746; 0-203-08650-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910359559703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia ; ; 34.