Intra-Asian Trade in Japanese Copper by the Dutch East India Company during the Eighteenth Century
Innbundet /
2005
/ Engelsk
Product details
ISBN
9789004150928
Published
2005
Publisher
Brill
Weight
1140 gr
Height
235 mm
Width
155 mm
Thickness
19 mm
Age
UP, P, 05, 06
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Author
Biographical note
Ryuto Shimada obtained his MA in Economics in 1998 at Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan and received his doctorate in History at Leiden University in 2005. He specializes in the economic history of Japan and Asia.
In this definitive study of the intra-Asian trade in Japanese copper trade by the Dutch East India Company, the author argues that the trade in this commodity reaped high profits. Despite the huge imports of British copper by the English East India Company during the eighteenth century, the Dutch Company successfully continued to sell Japanese copper in South Asia at higher prices.
Compared to the capital-intensive development of British mines in the age of the Industrial Revolution, the copper production in Tokugawa Japan was characterized by a labour-intensive 'revolution' which also made a big impact on the local economy.
Compared to the capital-intensive development of British mines in the age of the Industrial Revolution, the copper production in Tokugawa Japan was characterized by a labour-intensive 'revolution' which also made a big impact on the local economy.
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A study of the intra-Asian trade in Japanese copper trade by the Dutch East India Company, this book argues that the trade in this commodity reaped high profits. Despite the imports of British copper by the English East India Company during the 18th century, the Dutch Company continued to sell Japanese copper in South Asia at higher prices.
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Product details
ISBN
9789004150928
Published
2005
Publisher
Brill
Weight
1140 gr
Height
235 mm
Width
155 mm
Thickness
19 mm
Age
UP, P, 05, 06
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Author