The Muslim Merchants of Premodern China: The History of a Maritime Asian Trade Diaspora, 750-1400

ISBN-13: 9781107684041 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 224 str.

John W. Chaffee

Opis

An ambitious but accessible look at the Muslim merchants of pre-modern China and the flourishing trade links of medieval maritime Asia.

Recenzje

'… a nuanced and refreshing picture on the ways in which Muslims influenced the oceanic commercial cultures of the world's two largest populated countries.' Mahmood Kooria, Global Maritime History

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Merchants of an imperial trade; 2. The reorientation of trade; 3. The maturation of merchant communities; 4. Mongols and the concentration of merchant power; 5. Endings and continuities.