The Straits of Malacca : gateway or gauntlet? /

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For centuries the Straits of Malacca, a narrow waterway between the Malay peninsula and the island of Sumatra, has been both a major conduit for long distance trade between Asia and the West and one of the most dangerous areas for commercial shipping.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Freeman, Donald B. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2003.
Temas:
Coastwise shipping > Malacca, Strait of > History.
Trade routes > Malacca, Strait of.
Transports maritimes côtiers > Malacca, Détroit de > Histoire.
Routes commerciales > Malacca, Détroit de.
Malacca, Détroit de > Commerce > Histoire.
TRANSPORTATION > Ships & Shipbuilding > Pictorial.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Commerce.
Coastwise shipping
Commerce
Trade routes
Geopolitik
Handelsschifffahrt
Geschichte
Malacca, Strait of > Commerce > History.
Indian Ocean > Strait of Malacca
Malakkastraße
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The geographic importance of the Straits of Malacca
  • Monsoonal circulation and revolutions in shipping and navigation
  • Economic-geographic concepts of long-distance trade, spatial duopoly, and network structures
  • Concepts and perspectives from political economy
  • Practical incentives and the organization of early long-distance trade
  • Asian-European trading systems in the Greco-Roman era : the beginnings of monsoon trade
  • Monsoon trade in the early fifteenth century : the Empire of Melaka (Malacca) and its precursors
  • The Portuguese trading system in monsoon Asia
  • The Dutch trading system and Hollands' ascendancy in the Straits of Malacca
  • The British East India Company trading system
  • Contemporary trading systems : Japan, oil, and the Straits of Malacca
  • Controlling transit trade : the entrepot of Melaka
  • The founding of British Penang (Pulau Pinang)
  • The rise of Singapore as a global entrepot
  • Changing local hinterlands and products in the straits region : Sumatran trade
  • Local trader hinterlands and products on the Malay coast of the straits
  • Natural hazards and navigation in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore
  • Piracy in the Straits of Malacca and surrounding seas
  • Twentieth-century military conflicts in the straits area
  • Traffic congestion, hazardous cargoes, and pollution in the straits in the contemporary period
  • Twenty-first-century trade and globalization : the Asia-Pacific region
  • Emerging roles of the straits in global and regional commerce
  • Conclusion.

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