Intra-Asian Trade and Industrialization : Essays in Memory of Yasukichi Yasuba

by Latham, A. J. H.; Kawakatsu, Heita

• ISBN13: 9780203879443
• ISBN10: 0203879449
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781134013197
• Copyright: 2009-05-08
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
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Summary

Under the impressive editorship of A.J.H. Latham and comprising high quality essays on a topic of rising interest to scholars and policymakers, this volume makes some valuable contributions to regional and global dynamics of trade. With contributions from leading names in the field of economic history - such as D.A. Farnie - this book will be useful reading for scholars interested in global economic history, globalization and regional trade, and Asian studies.

Table of Contents

Introduction

An interview with Yasukichi Yasuba

Real Wages in the Early Stages of Industrialization: Japan 1885-1915

The VOC's Price Current Records in the Long Eighteenth Century: Commodities and Prices in Global, Intra-Asian and Regional Asian Maritime Economic History

Siamese Trade in Agricultural Products with Japan and China in the Eighteenth Century

The Cotton Harvest of India and the World Market 1770-2005

Cotton Improvement Projects in Japan and Korea

The Cotton Improvement Project prior to 1920 in China

The Cotton Improvement Project in Turkey. The case of Adana from the 1930s

Chinese National Raw Silk Output prior to 1840

Intra-regional Trade in China: An Analysis of Chinese Maritime Customs Statistics

Scottish Shipping in Nineteenth Century Asia

Climatic fluctuations and the International Rice Trade: A Preliminary Investigation

The Global Wheat Trade and the Industrialization of Monsoon Asia, 1951-2001

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