The Straits of Malacca (Record no. 79123)
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| 000 -LEADER | |
|---|---|
| fixed length control field | 03171nam a2200421 a 4500 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 387.5/24/0916565 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Freeman, Donald B. |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The Straits of Malacca |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Montreal : |
| Name of publisher | McGill-Queen's University Press, |
| Year of publication | c2003. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xxiv, 249 p. : |
| Other physical details | ill., maps. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | The geographic importance of the Straits of Malacca -- Monsoonal circulation and revolutions in shipping and navigation -- Economic-geographic concepts of long-distance trade, spatial duopoly, and network structures -- Concepts and perspectives from political economy -- Practical incentives and the organization of early long-distance trade -- Asian-European trading systems in the Greco-Roman era : the beginnings of monsoon trade -- Monsoon trade in the early fifteenth century : the Empire of Melaka (Malacca) and its precursors -- The Portuguese trading system in monsoon Asia -- The Dutch trading system and Hollands' ascendancy in the Straits of Malacca -- The British East India Company trading system -- Contemporary trading systems : Japan, oil, and the Straits of Malacca -- Controlling transit trade : the entrepot of Melaka -- The founding of British Penang (Pulau Pinang) -- The rise of Singapore as a global entrepot -- Changing local hinterlands and products in the straits region : Sumatran trade -- Local trader hinterlands and products on the Malay coast of the straits -- Natural hazards and navigation in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore -- Piracy in the Straits of Malacca and surrounding seas -- Twentieth-century military conflicts in the straits area -- Traffic congestion, hazardous cargoes, and pollution in the straits in the contemporary period -- Twenty-first-century trade and globalization : the Asia-Pacific region -- Emerging roles of the straits in global and regional commerce -- Conclusion. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Coastwise shipping |
| Topical Term | Trade routes |
| Topical Term | Transports maritimes c�otiers |
| Topical Term | Routes commerciales |
| Topical Term | Malacca, D�etroit de |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10132868 |
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