The Intra-Asian trade in Japanese copper by the Dutch East India company during the eightenth century / by Ryuto Shimada.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shimada, Ryūto, 1972- author.

Series:

TANAP monographs on the history of the Asian-European interaction ; Volume 4.

TANAP monographs on the history of the Asian-European interaction ; Volume 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie--History--18th century.

Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, [2006]

Summary:

In this definitive study of the intra-Asian trade in Japanese copper trade by the Dutch East India Company, the author argues that the trade in this commodity reaped high profits. Despite the huge imports of British copper by the English East India Company during the eighteenth century, the Dutch Company successfully continued to sell Japanese copper in South Asia at higher prices. Compared to the capital-intensive development of British mines in the age of the Industrial Revolution, the copper production in Tokugawa Japan was characterized by a labour-intensive 'revolution' which also made a big impact on the local economy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-474-1758-5

OCLC:

1276852681

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789047417583 DOI