This book is the first to use local primary sources to explore the interaction between foreign and native merchants in Asian countries. Contributors discuss the different economic, political and cultural conditions that gave rise to a variety of merchant communities in Korea, China, Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, Singapore and India.
| ISBN: | 9781848934863 |
| Publication date: | 1st December 2014 |
| Author: | Yuru Lin, Madeleine Zelin |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 264 pages |
| Series: | Perspectives in Economic and Social History |
| Genres: |
History Economic history |