| The Intra-Asian Trade in Japanese Copper by the Dutch East India Company During the Eighteenth Century Contributor(s): Shimada, Ryuto (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004150927 ISBN-13: 9789004150928 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $129.20 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2005 Annotation: 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. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | International - General - Social Science - Political Science | Political Ideologies - General |
| Dewey: 382.424 |
| LCCN: 2005058252 |
| Series: Tanap Monographs on the History of Asian-European Interactio |
| Physical Information: 244 pages |
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| Publisher Description: 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. |
