ABSTRACT
This book is the fifth volume of essays edited by A. J. H Latham and Heita Kawakatsu from the International Economic History Congresses looking at the development of the Asian Economy. Bringing together leading scholars from both the east and west, this book offers fascinating insights into the cotton trade, the rice, wheat and shipping industries and the development of trade and finance in East Asia.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |43 pages
Part I
chapter 1|23 pages
International competition in cotton goods in the late nineteenth century
Britain versus India and East Asia
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chapter 2|18 pages
The international trade in rice and wheat since 1868
A study in market integration
part |83 pages
Part II
chapter 4|8 pages
Rice moves to areas where incomes are rising'
A re-interpretation of Asian economic development since 1800