The Chinese in maritime Southeast Asia : trade and merchant communities in 17th-century Insulindia / Marie-Sybille de Vienne ; translated by Kasha Vande ; revised by Wong Wee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vienne, Marie-Sybille de, 1954- author.

Contributor:

Vande, Kasha, translator.

Wong, Wee, 1974-

Standardized Title:

Chinois en Insulinde. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie--History--Sources.

Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie.

Chinese--Indonesia--History--17th century--Sources.

Chinese.

Chinese--Indonesia--Economic conditions--17th century--Sources.

Indonesia--Ethnic relations--History--Sources.

Indonesia.

Physical Description:

xv, 341 pages : illustrations, maps, charts ; 26 cm

Other Title:

Trade and merchant communities in 17th-century Insulindia

Place of Publication:

Singapore : NUS Press, [2025]

Summary:

"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"-- Back cover.

Contents:

Introduction. A necessary decentring

I. Methodology and contexts

II. Controlling the main tools of conmmerce

III. Trade flows

IV. Financial flows

V. The Chinese in Batavia

Conclusion. Successive commercial tensions

Appendices.

Notes:

"This edition is a translation of Les Chinois en Insulinde. Échanges et societés marchandes au XVlle siécle, first published by Éditions Les Indes savantes"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789813252806

9813252804

OCLC:

1450889658