Straits of Malacca: Gateway or Gauntlet?McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, 2003 M04 17 - 288 pages Casting a broad net across several disciplines, particularly geography and political economy, Donald Freeman examines the significance of the Straits as both a trade gateway and a choke-point that has forced generations of sailors to "run the gauntlet." Rather than the more conventional historical-narrative approach, he offers an innovative adoption of an interdisciplinary, analytical perspective through his use of detailed case studies of trading systems and shipping hazards. |
Contents
Monsoonal Circulation and Revolutions in Shipping | 10 |
EconomicGeographic Concepts of LongDistance Trade | 28 |
Concepts and Perspectives from Political Economy | 45 |
AsianEuropean Trading Systems in the GrecoRoman | 69 |
The Portuguese Trading System in Monsoon Asia | 90 |
The Dutch Trading System and Hollands Ascendancy | 97 |
The British East India Company Trading System | 103 |
Japan Oil | 111 |
Changing Local Hinterlands and Products in the Straits | 152 |
Local Trade Hinterlands and Products on the Malay | 159 |
part four | 165 |
Piracy in the Straits of Malacca | 174 |
TwentiethCentury Military Conflicts | 189 |
Traffic Congestion Hazardous Cargoes and Pollution | 203 |
the future | 211 |
Emerging Roles of the Straits in Global and Regional | 224 |
part three | 123 |
The Founding of British Penang Pulau Pinang | 135 |
The Rise of Singapore as a Global Entrepot | 141 |
Conclusion | 231 |
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