Trade and civilisation in the Indian Ocean : an economic history from the rise of Islam to 1750 /
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| Author / Creator: | Chaudhuri, K. N. |
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| Imprint: | Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1985. |
| Description: | 1 online resource ( xiv, 269 pages) : illustrations |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Cambridge Paperback Library Cambridge paperback library. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12747388 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- PART 1. 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 2. STRUCTURE AND LA LONGUE DUREE: 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.
