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- Sino-Malay Trade and Diplomacy from the Tenth through the Fourteenth Century
- Book
- 2009
- Published by: Ohio University Press
summary
China has been an important player in the international economy for two thousand years and has historically exerted enormous influence over the development and nature of political and economic affairs in the regions beyond its borders, especially its neighbors.
Sino–Malay Trade and Diplomacy from the Tenth through the Fourteenth Century examines how changes in foreign policy and economic perspectives of the Chinese court affected diplomatic intercourse as well as the fundamental nature of economic interaction between China and the Malay region, a subregion of Southeast Asia centered on the Strait of Malacca.
This study’s uniqueness and value lie in its integration of archaeological, epigraphic, and textual data from both China and Southeast Asia to provide a rich, multilayered picture of Sino–Southeast Asian relations in the premodern era. Derek Heng approaches the topic from both the Southeast Asian and Chinese perspectives, affording a dual narrative otherwise unavailable in the current body of Southeast Asian and China studies literature.
Sino–Malay Trade and Diplomacy from the Tenth through the Fourteenth Century examines how changes in foreign policy and economic perspectives of the Chinese court affected diplomatic intercourse as well as the fundamental nature of economic interaction between China and the Malay region, a subregion of Southeast Asia centered on the Strait of Malacca.
This study’s uniqueness and value lie in its integration of archaeological, epigraphic, and textual data from both China and Southeast Asia to provide a rich, multilayered picture of Sino–Southeast Asian relations in the premodern era. Derek Heng approaches the topic from both the Southeast Asian and Chinese perspectives, affording a dual narrative otherwise unavailable in the current body of Southeast Asian and China studies literature.
Table of Contents
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- Illustrations
- pp. vii-ix
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xv-xvi
- Introduction
- pp. 1-18
- 6. China’s Evolving Trade in Malay Products
- pp. 191-210
- Conclusion
- pp. 211-217
- Abbreviations
- pp. 227-228
- Bibliography
- pp. 261-280
Additional Information
ISBN
9780896804753
Related ISBN(s)
9780896802711
MARC Record
OCLC
742512930
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No