The Arabian Seas: The Indian Ocean World of the Seventeenth Century

ISBN-13: 9780765607294 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 562 str.

Rene J. Barendse; R. J. Barendse

Opis

The Arabian Seas is a magisterial work on the world political economy (trade, war, power) that explores the intersect of the worlds of Islam (including South and Southeast Asia, the Middle East and East Africa) and the European world-economy (particularly the seafaring Portuguese, Dutch, and British) on the eve of the modern world system. It is likely to become a classic in its field and one of the pillars of the emerging literature in recent years that has begun to recast our understanding of the "early modern history" of Asia and the world economy, underlining the early and long predominance of Asia in the world economy and showing the long and deep ties between European and Asian economic and military interactions. This work centrally addresses current debates on the nature of the early modern world system and the relative strengths of East and West. There are no competitors for this book, but it may be compared with Braudel's masterful studies of the Mediterranean in the sense that it does for the Arabian Seas (Indian Ocean World) spanning South Asia, the Middle East, and the East African Coast and beyond what Braudel did for the Mediterranean.

Spis treści

1. Introduction 2. Ports and Hinterlands 3. European natios in the Arabian Sea 4. Diplomacy and the State 5. The Merchants' World 6. The Tide of Trade: Man and Merchandise 7. Estado da India 8. The Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie 9. The Affairs of the English 10. Private Deals 11. Afterthoughts Appendix One Appendix Two Appendix Three Index

O autorze

Rene J. Barendse