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100	1		_aFreeman, Donald B.
245	1	4	_aThe Straits of Malacca _h[electronic resource] : _bgateway or gauntlet? / _cDonald B. Freeman.
260			_aMontreal : _bMcGill-Queen's University Press, _cc2003.
300			_axxiv, 249 p. : _bill., maps.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [253]-244) and index.
505	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.
533			_aElectronic reproduction. _bPalo Alto, Calif. : _cebrary, _d2013. _nAvailable via World Wide Web. _nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aCoastwise shipping _zMalacca, Strait of _xHistory.
650		0	_aTrade routes _zMalacca, Strait of.
650		6	_aTransports maritimes c�otiers _zMalacca, D�etroit de _xHistoire.
650		6	_aRoutes commerciales _zMalacca, D�etroit de.
650		6	_aMalacca, D�etroit de _xCommerce _xHistoire.
651		0	_aMalacca, Strait of _xCommerce _xHistory.
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856	4	0	_uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10132868 _zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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