Merchant Communities in Asia, 1600–1980

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Merchant Communities in Asia, 1600–1980 is written by Madeleine Zelin and published by Routledge. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1317317882 (ISBN 10) and 9781317317883 (ISBN 13).

This book is the first to use local primary sources to explore the interaction between foreign and native merchants in Asian countries. Contributors discuss the different economic, political and cultural conditions that gave rise to a variety of merchant communities in Korea, China, Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, Singapore and India.