| Silk for Silver: Dutch-Vietnamese Relations, 1637-1700 Contributor(s): Hoang Anh Tuan (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004156011 ISBN-13: 9789004156012 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $136.80 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2007 Annotation: This book focuses on the political and commercial relations between the Dutch East India Company (VOC) and the Vietnamese kingdom of Tonkin from 1637 until the beginning of the eighteenth century. The VOC exported silk and silk piece-goods from Tonkin to Japan. The author focuses on various aspects of the mutual relationship between the VOC and Tonkin, and how this fitted into the larger picture of the intra-Asian trade. The book reveals the vicissitudes in political relations, and the varying trends in the VOC's import (silver and copper) and export (silk, ceramics, musk, and gold). While examining a great deal of detailed archival materials, the author evaluates Dutch influence on Tonkin's feudal society and economy. The book also offers a fascinating sketch of how the Vietnamese trading elite maximized their own profits by dealing with various western tradesmen, including the English and French. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - Southeast Asia - History | Western Europe - General - Political Science | International Relations - General |
| Dewey: 320.449 |
| Series: TANAP Monographs on the History of Asian-European Interaction |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.61" W x 9.66" (1.67 lbs) 332 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southeast Asian - Cultural Region - Benelux - Chronological Period - 17th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Against the background of a regional crisis caused by dynastic change in China and the closure of Japan in the middle of the seventeenth century, the Vietnamese kingdom of Tonkin rose to the fore as the major silk producing and exporting region in East Asia. Based on a wealth of so far unused primary sources from the Dutch East India Company (VOC) archives, this monograph explains how Dutch and Chinese maritime traders played a critical role in Tonkin's dramatic emergence as a trading power. The author examines the vicissitudes in political relations, the varying trends in the VOC-Tonkin import and export trade, and the Dutch influence on the seventeenth-century Vietnamese feudal society. |
