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Money, Markets, and Trade in Early Southeast Asia : The Development of Indigenous Monetary Systems to AD 1400 / Robert S. Wicks.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]Copyright date: ©1996Description: 1 online resource (354 p.) : maps, figuresContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781501719479
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 332.4959 W633m 20
LOC classification:
  • HG1240.8 .W53 1992
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List Of Maps, Tables, And Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Money: Its Character And Origins -- 2. China's Southern Frontier: The Economics Of Accommodation And Assimilation -- 3. Fiscal And Monetary Policy In Southeastern Bengal, Assam, And Arakan -- 4. Money And Society In Ancient Burma: Mon, Pyu, And Pagan -- 5. Money In Ancient Thailand: From Dvaravati To The Rise Of Ayudhya -- 6. Money And Society In Ancient Cambodia And Champa -- 7. Money In Sumatra And The Malay Peninsula -- 8. Money And Society In Java, Bali, And The Eastern Archipelago -- 9. Valuational Concepts And The Geography Of Money Use In Early Southeast Asia -- Selected References -- Glossary Of Early Southeast Asian Monetary, Numismatic, And Metrological Terminology
Summary: This substantial work explores the impact of monetization in premodern Southeast Asia from the third century BCE to the rise of Maleka in the early fifteenth century. The author explores why concepts of money developed unevenly throughout the region. He considers trade policies, price controls, exchange ratios, monopolies, variant standards of value, and the administrative structures required to support such a complex economic innovation.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List Of Maps, Tables, And Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Money: Its Character And Origins -- 2. China's Southern Frontier: The Economics Of Accommodation And Assimilation -- 3. Fiscal And Monetary Policy In Southeastern Bengal, Assam, And Arakan -- 4. Money And Society In Ancient Burma: Mon, Pyu, And Pagan -- 5. Money In Ancient Thailand: From Dvaravati To The Rise Of Ayudhya -- 6. Money And Society In Ancient Cambodia And Champa -- 7. Money In Sumatra And The Malay Peninsula -- 8. Money And Society In Java, Bali, And The Eastern Archipelago -- 9. Valuational Concepts And The Geography Of Money Use In Early Southeast Asia -- Selected References -- Glossary Of Early Southeast Asian Monetary, Numismatic, And Metrological Terminology

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This substantial work explores the impact of monetization in premodern Southeast Asia from the third century BCE to the rise of Maleka in the early fifteenth century. The author explores why concepts of money developed unevenly throughout the region. He considers trade policies, price controls, exchange ratios, monopolies, variant standards of value, and the administrative structures required to support such a complex economic innovation.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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