K. N. Chaudhuri

Trade and Civilisation in the Indian Ocean

An Economic History from the Rise of Islam to 1750

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book was first published in 1985. Before the age of Industrial Revolution, the great Asian civilisations - whether located in the Middle East, India, South-East Asia, or the Far East - constituted areas not only of high culture but also of advanced economic development. They were the First World of human societies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. März 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 482g
• ISBN-13: 9780521285421
• ISBN-10: 0521285429
• Artikelnr.: 22126443

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I. General Problems and Historical Events: 1. Trade and civilisation in the Indian Ocean: social, cultural, economic, and temporal dimensions
2. The rise of Islam and the pattern of pre-emporia trade in early Asia
3. The Portuguese seaborne empire in the Indian Ocean
4. The Dutch and English East India companies and the bureaucratic form of trade in Asia
5. Emporia trade and the great port-towns in the Indian Ocean
Part II. Structure and la longue durée: 6. The sea and its mastery
7. Ships and shipbuilding in the Indian Ocean
8. The land and its relationship with long-distance trade
9. Commodities and markets
10. Capital and trade in the Indian Ocean: the problem of scale, merchants, money and production
11. Conclusion.