Freeman, Donald B.
The Straits of Malacca gateway or gauntlet? / [electronic resource] : Donald B. Freeman. - Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2003. - xxiv, 249 p. : ill., maps.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-244) and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Coastwise shipping--History.--Malacca, Strait of
Trade routes--Malacca, Strait of.
Transports maritimes c�otiers--Histoire.--Malacca, D�etroit de
Routes commerciales--Malacca, D�etroit de.
Malacca, D�etroit de--Commerce--Histoire.
Malacca, Strait of--Commerce--History.
Electronic books.
HE884.6 / .F74 2003eb
387.5/24/0916565
The Straits of Malacca gateway or gauntlet? / [electronic resource] : Donald B. Freeman. - Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2003. - xxiv, 249 p. : ill., maps.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-244) and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Coastwise shipping--History.--Malacca, Strait of
Trade routes--Malacca, Strait of.
Transports maritimes c�otiers--Histoire.--Malacca, D�etroit de
Routes commerciales--Malacca, D�etroit de.
Malacca, D�etroit de--Commerce--Histoire.
Malacca, Strait of--Commerce--History.
Electronic books.
HE884.6 / .F74 2003eb
387.5/24/0916565