Om Prakash
Ashgate Variorum
Hardback
320
1994
Precious metals played a key role in inter-continental trade between Europe and Asia in the early modern period. An assured supply of these metal was indeed a pre-requisite to the procurement of Asian goods such as spices textiles and raw silk. Once these metals had been imported into Asia they were converted into the coinage of the country concerned. The 'bullion for goods' pattern of trade had important implications for the level of output income employment and prices in the Asian societies. This collection of essays by Professor Om Prakash explores these issues in relation mainly to the Dutch East India Company. Given the scale of its operations as well as its unique character as the only European corporate group to engage in large scale intra-Asian trade as an integral part of its overall trading strategy the VOC is a particularly appropriate medium through which to analyse these issues.
Ashgate Variorum
Hardback
320
1994
Precious metals played a key role in inter-continental trade between Europe and Asia in the early modern period. An assured supply of these metal was indeed a pre-requisite to the procurement of Asian goods such as spices textiles and raw silk. Once these metals had been imported into Asia they were converted into the coinage of the country concerned. The 'bullion for goods' pattern of trade had important implications for the level of output income employment and prices in the Asian societies. This collection of essays by Professor Om Prakash explores these issues in relation mainly to the Dutch East India Company. Given the scale of its operations as well as its unique character as the only European corporate group to engage in large scale intra-Asian trade as an integral part of its overall trading strategy the VOC is a particularly appropriate medium through which to analyse these issues.