The Straits of Malacca gateway or gauntlet? Freeman, Donald B. creator ebrary, Inc text bibliography Electronic books. quc Montreal McGill-Queen's University Press c2003 2003 monographic eng
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xxiv, 249 p. : ill., maps. 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. Donald B. Freeman. Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-244) and index. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. as----- Coastwise shipping Malacca, Strait of History Trade routes Malacca, Strait of Transports maritimes c�otiers Malacca, D�etroit de Histoire Routes commerciales Malacca, D�etroit de Malacca, D�etroit de Commerce Histoire Malacca, Strait of Commerce History HE884.6 .F74 2003eb 387.5/24/0916565 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10132868 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10132868 CaPaEBR 040708 ebr10132868