| Tribute and Profit: Sino-Siamese Trade, 1652-1853 Contributor(s): Viraphol, Sarasin (Author) |
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ISBN: 6162150798 ISBN-13: 9786162150791 Publisher: University of Washington Press OUR PRICE: $33.25 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | International - General - History | Asia - Southeast Asia |
| Dewey: 382.095 |
| LCCN: 2017341895 |
| Physical Information: 0.89" H x 5.5" W x 8.25" (1.08 lbs) 396 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southeast Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Tribute and Profit illuminates the conduct and maintenance of maritime trade under Siam's tributary relationship with imperial China, and scrutinizes the momentous role of the Chinese in Siam's overseas trade and domestic economy. Based substantially on historical Chinese, Siamese, and European sources, Sarasin Viraphol's reconstruction of the tributary trade pinpoints the creative subversions, calculated risks, and clever contrivances that kept the wheels of the Siamese economy turning for centuries. Eventually, tribute missions and the junk trade were supplanted by European-style maritime commerce, free trade, and open markets. Nevertheless, the influences of these bygone relations are still present in Thailand today. |