| Description |
1 online resource (xxiv, 249 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-244) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
For centuries the Straits of Malacca, a narrow waterway between the Malay peninsula and the island of Sumatra, has been both a major conduit for long distance trade between Asia and the West and one of the most dangerous areas for commercial shipping. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Coastwise shipping -- Malacca, Strait of -- History.
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Coastwise shipping. |
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History. |
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Trade routes -- Malacca, Strait of.
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Trade routes. |
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Malacca, Strait of -- Commerce -- History.
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Malacca, Strait of -- Commerce. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Freeman, Donald B. Straits of Malacca. Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2003 0773525157 (DLC) 2004401056 (OCoLC)50790090 |
| ISBN |
9780773570870 (electronic book) |
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077357087X (electronic book) |
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1282860984 |
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9781282860988 |
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9780773525153 |
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0773525157 |
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