03171nam a2200421 a 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095016001600112020001500128040002100143035002000164043001200184050002500196055001000221055002000231055002000251082002500271100002300296245009600319260005700415300003200472504006600504505153600570533015202106650005302258650003802311650007102349650004902420650004802469651004302517655002902560710001702589856012602606999001702732ebr10132868CaPaEBRm        u        cr cn|||||||||040708s2003    qucab   sb    001 0 eng d  z  2004401056  z20029050138  z0773525157  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)76898709  aas-----14aHE884.6b.F74 2003eb01aHC441 0aHC441bF74 200300aHC441bF74 200304a387.5/24/09165652211 aFreeman, Donald B.14aThe Straits of Malaccah[electronic resource] :bgateway or gauntlet? /cDonald B. Freeman.  aMontreal :bMcGill-Queen's University Press,cc2003.  axxiv, 249 p. :bill., maps.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [253]-244) and index.0 aThe 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.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2013.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aCoastwise shippingzMalacca, Strait ofxHistory. 0aTrade routeszMalacca, Strait of. 6aTransports maritimes c�otierszMalacca, D�etroit dexHistoire. 6aRoutes commercialeszMalacca, D�etroit de. 6aMalacca, D�etroit dexCommercexHistoire. 0aMalacca, Strait ofxCommercexHistory. 7aElectronic books.2local2 aebrary, Inc.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10132868zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view  c79123d79123