Fields from the Sea
Chinese Junk Trade with Siam During the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Century

Jennifer Cushman (Author)

9780877277118

Paperback / softback, published 1 January 1993

216 pages
25.4 x 17.8 x 1.2 cm, 0.454 kg

A major contribution to our understanding of the relationship between China and Southeast Asia and its place in Asia's economic development during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Methodical and inquisitive, Cushman explores Chinese junk trade with Siam over two centuries. In the course of her analysis, the author illuminates significant aspects of China's economic development, the implementation of commercial policies by the two nations, and concepts of trade in the east and southeast of Asia.