Asia and the history of the international economy : essays in memory of Peter Mathias / edited by A.J.H. Latham and Heita Kawakatsu ; with special contributions from H.H. Crown Prince Naruhito.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mathias, Peter, honouree.

Latham, A. J. H., editor.

Kawakatsu, Heita, 1948- editor.

Naruhito, Crown Prince, contributor.

Series:

Routledge studies in the history of economics ; 203.

Routledge studies in the history of economics ; 203

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrial revolution.

History.

Economic conditions.

Asia--Economic conditions--18th century.

Asia.

Asia--Economic conditions--19th century.

Industrial revolution--History.

Genre:

Festschriften.

Physical Description:

xv, 194 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.

Contents:

Introduction / A.J.H. Latham

An interview with Peter Mathias / A.J.H. Latham

Barges and bargemasters on the thames in the eighteenth century / H.I.H. Crown Prince Naruhito

Edo and water / H.I.H. Crown Prince Naruhito

Consuming plants : botany and consumer society / Toshio Kusamitsu

Invisible links : maritime trade between Japan and South Asia in the early modern period / Ryuto Shimada

Knowledge and use of Japanese by the Dutch on Dejima Island, Nagasaki / L.M. Cullen

India's role in the industrial revolution / Heita Kawakatsu

India and the emergence of the international economy : a synopsis / A.J.H. Latham

Steamship competition in Asia in the late nineteenth century : Britain and the United States / Masami Kita

Reorganization of the mixed court system in Shanghai, 1906-1913 / Eiichi Motono

The dispute over the quality of rice exports from Siam to Europe in the 1920s / Toshiyuki Miyata

Japan's economic diplomacy in colonial Africa during the inter-war period : Japanese consular reports / Katsuhiko Kitagawa.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138298606

1138298603

OCLC:

1025395682