Intra-Asian Trade and the World Market
Contributor(s)
Latham, A.J.H. (editor)
Kawakatsu, Heita (editor)
Language
EnglishAbstract
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: China’s relative backwardness, Japanese copper exports, Japan’s fur trade, Siam’s luxury rice trade, Korea, Japanese shipbuilding, the silk trade, the refined sugar trade, competition in the rice trade, the Japanese cotton textile trade to Africa, multilateral settlements in Asia, the cotton textile trade to Britain, and the growth of the palm oil industry in Malaysia and Indonesia. The opening of
Keywords
hong; kong; tan; kim; ching; chinese; merchants; raw; silk; dutchDOI
10.4324/9780203086506ISBN
9780415372077;9780415546928;9781134194087;9781134194070;9781134194032OCN
1136326693Publisher
Taylor & FrancisPublisher website
https://taylorandfrancis.com/Publication date and place
2006Series
Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia,Classification
Regional / International studies
Asian history
Ethnic studies
Economic history