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Marie-Sybille de Vienne

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Description:The 17th century represents a turning point in the global history of trade, as connections between Asian and European markets increased dramatically at this time. The Dutch East-India Company (or VOC) was central to this process, but— counter to the VOC’s aims—the winners of the game in maritime Southeast Asia were often Chinese merchants, the only economic agents capable at the time of both trading in major Southeast Asian commercial hubs and developing exchanges with China and Japan. The Chinese operated with a flexibility of means and a fluidity of management that allowed them to react rapidly and quickly gain returns on investment. In Batavia, as in other Southeast Asian emporiums, the increasingly numerous and diverse Chinese elites assumed direct responsibility for the management of their community, making them the most important non-European free community—in wealth as in number—in the city during the second half of the 17th century.Translated from the French, and adapted and updated, this book tells this remarkable story through an examination of the VOC’s abundant sources, which record relations between the Chinese minority and the Dutch rulers who relied upon them.“Delving with fervent passion and methodical diligence into the 17th-century global maritime trade, the elusive and hard-to-classify work of Professor Marie-Sybille de Vienne, The Chinese in Maritime Southeast Asia, is far more than a chronicle on the economic and social history of the Chinese Overseas. It offers, too, a veritable epopee, painted with lively hues, of the people, goods, currencies, and savoir-faire that flowed, voyaged and were exchanged through the vast and intricate Chinese commercial networks spanning the seas—not dull, but wondrous lively—of East and Southeast Asia. This is a key work, essential not only to the study of Chinese and Southeast Asian trade and communities, but also to the Histories of Asian economy and navigation.” - Jérémy Jammes, Sciences Po LyonWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Chinese in Maritime Southeast Asia: Trade and Merchant Communities in 17th-century Insulindia. To get started finding The Chinese in Maritime Southeast Asia: Trade and Merchant Communities in 17th-century Insulindia, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: The 17th century represents a turning point in the global history of trade, as connections between Asian and European markets increased dramatically at this time. The Dutch East-India Company (or VOC) was central to this process, but— counter to the VOC’s aims—the winners of the game in maritime Southeast Asia were often Chinese merchants, the only economic agents capable at the time of both trading in major Southeast Asian commercial hubs and developing exchanges with China and Japan. The Chinese operated with a flexibility of means and a fluidity of management that allowed them to react rapidly and quickly gain returns on investment. In Batavia, as in other Southeast Asian emporiums, the increasingly numerous and diverse Chinese elites assumed direct responsibility for the management of their community, making them the most important non-European free community—in wealth as in number—in the city during the second half of the 17th century.Translated from the French, and adapted and updated, this book tells this remarkable story through an examination of the VOC’s abundant sources, which record relations between the Chinese minority and the Dutch rulers who relied upon them.“Delving with fervent passion and methodical diligence into the 17th-century global maritime trade, the elusive and hard-to-classify work of Professor Marie-Sybille de Vienne, The Chinese in Maritime Southeast Asia, is far more than a chronicle on the economic and social history of the Chinese Overseas. It offers, too, a veritable epopee, painted with lively hues, of the people, goods, currencies, and savoir-faire that flowed, voyaged and were exchanged through the vast and intricate Chinese commercial networks spanning the seas—not dull, but wondrous lively—of East and Southeast Asia. This is a key work, essential not only to the study of Chinese and Southeast Asian trade and communities, but also to the Histories of Asian economy and navigation.” - Jérémy Jammes, Sciences Po LyonWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Chinese in Maritime Southeast Asia: Trade and Merchant Communities in 17th-century Insulindia. To get started finding The Chinese in Maritime Southeast Asia: Trade and Merchant Communities in 17th-century Insulindia, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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