The Political Economy of Commerce: Southern India 1500-1650
Sanjay Subrahmanyam (Author)
This book is based on extensive and previously unused Portuguese and Dutch archival sources. Its secondary theme is to explore the relationship between the documentation used and the context within which it was generated, thus illuminating how Europeans and Asians reacted to one another.
Cambridge South Asian studies, no. 45
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1 online resource (412 pages)
9780511563423, 9780521371803, 9780521892261, 0511563426, 0521371805, 0521892260
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List of illustrations; List of tables; Preface; Abbreviations used; Introduction; 1. The political economy of southern India, 1500–1650: preliminary remarks; 2. Coastal trade and overland trade: complementarities and contradictions; 3. Overseas trade, 1500–1570: traders, ports and networks; 4. Overseas trade, 1570–1650: expansion and realignment; 5. Europeans and Asians in an age of contained conflict; 6. External commerce and political participation; 7. Situating trade: models and methodological strategies; Conclusion; A note on currency and weights; Glossary; Note on sources; Bibliography; Index.