Maritime Asia

Profit Maximisation, Ethics, and Trade Structure c. 1300-1800. Edited by Karl Anton Sprengard and Roderich Ptak.

Eleven case studies and an introductory essay by political and economic historians, experts in Asian area studies, anthropologists, philosophers and others adress topics like trading networks, the growth and decline of emporia, the flow of commodities and currencies, or the biographies of conquerors and entrepreneurs. XI,239 Seiten mit 14 Abb., gebunden (South China and Maritime Asia; vol. 2/Harrassowitz Verlag 1994)