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100	1		_aWebster, Anthony.
245	1	0	_aCommodities, Ports and Asian Maritime Trade Since 1750.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aLondon : _bPalgrave Macmillan UK, _c2015.
264		4	_c©2015.
300			_a1 online resource (334 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aCambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies
505	0		_aCover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures, Maps and Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 Commodities, Ports and Asian Maritime Trade Since 1750: The Foundations of the Modern Asian 'Economic Miracle'? -- 2 Asia in the Growth of World Trade: A Re-interpretation of the 'Long Nineteenth Century' -- 3 On the Edge of Asia: Maritime Trade in East Indonesia, Early Seventeenth to Mid-twentieth Century -- 4 Semarang, a Colonial Provincial Capital and Port City in Java, c.1775 -- 5 Revisiting the 'Decline of Surat': Maritime Trade and the Port Complex of Gujarat in the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries -- 6 Western Merchants in the Foreign Settlements of Japan (c.1850-1890) -- 7 Neglected Orphans and Absent Parents: The European Mercantile Houses of Mid-Nineteenth-Century Java -- 8 Building Intra-Asian and Transcontinental Mercantile Networks in the Age of the British East India Company: The Rise and Fall of the House of John Palmer -- 9 Linking Global and Local Networks of Credit and Remittances: Ma Tsui Chiu's Financial Operations in Hong Kong, 1900s-1950s -- 10 British Exchange Banks in the International Trade of Asia from 1850 to 1890 -- 11 Transcending the Empire: Western Merchant Houses and Local Capital in the Indian Cotton Trade (1850s-1930s) -- 12 Holding Back the Tide: Liverpool Shipping, Gentlemanly Capitalism and Intra-Asian Trade in the Twentieth Century -- 13 Pursuit of Profit in the Shadow of Decolonisation: Indonesia in the 1950s -- 14 The Chinese and Indian Corporate Economy: A Radical Construction of Law, the State and Corporations -- Bibliography -- Index.
520			_aThis book examines the role of mercantile networks in linking Asian economies to the global economy. It contains fourteen contributions on East, Southeast and South Asia covering the period from 1750 to the present.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
700	1		_aBosma, Ulbe.
700	1		_aLoparo, Kenneth A.
700	1		_aWebster, Anthony.
700	1		_aBosma, Ulbe.
700	1		_aLoparo, Kenneth A.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aWebster, Anthony _tCommodities, Ports and Asian Maritime Trade Since 1750 _dLondon : Palgrave Macmillan UK,c2015 _z9781137463913
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
830		0	_aCambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=4082340 _zClick to View
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