The Straits of Malacca : gateway or gauntlet? / Donald B. Freeman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Freeman, Donald B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Coastwise shipping--Malacca, Strait of--History.

Coastwise shipping.

Trade routes--Malacca, Strait of.

Trade routes.

Malacca, Strait of--Commerce--History.

Malacca, Strait of.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 249 p. : ill., maps.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Casting a broad net across several disciplines, particularly geography and political economy, Donald Freeman examines the significance of the Straits as both a trade gateway and a choke-point that has forced generations of sailors to "run the gauntlet." Rather than the more conventional historical-narrative approach, he offers an innovative adoption of an interdisciplinary, analytical perspective through his use of detailed case studies of trading systems and shipping hazards.

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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-244) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-86098-4

9786612860980

0-7735-7087-X

OCLC:

929120895