The Route to European Hegemony

India's Intra-Asian Trade in the Early Modern Period (Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries)
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-0-367-75642-0
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 316 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 531 g

The advent of the Europeans was crucial in transforming the contours of Maritime Asia. The commercial situation in the Indian Ocean was impacted in many ways over the longue duree from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries. To offset the adverse balance of trade and to maximize profits, the Europeans imposed their own coercive and monopolistic systems along the existing trade routes. Systematic exploitation of economic opportunities in Asia by Europeans began with the coming of the Portuguese, followed by other European maritime powers. It culminated with Britannia ruling the Asian waters with warships and a strong merchant marine.
A study of the operational and ideological motivations that propelled the European powers’ activities in the Indian Ocean can help to construct a coherent interpretation of the foundations of empire that were being laid, at first insidiously and later, aggressively.

This book analyses the mechanism and implications of Europe’s sustained engagement in Intra-Asian trade which is as an essential context to the establishment of colonial empires.

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Maloni, Ruby

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Politico-Economic Ramifications of Europe’s Intra-Asian Trade 2. Indian Maritime Centres: Foreland and Hinterland 3. Indian Merchants and Institutional Structures: Resilience and Resistance 4. European Merchants at Indian Ports: Contest for Profit Maximization 5. The English East India Company: Commercial Power and Dominance

Über Autor(innen)

Ruby Maloni is former Head and Professor of the Department of History, Mumbai University. She taught Medieval Indian history at Mumbai University for more than thirty years. Her research focuses on the Indian Ocean and maritime trade, with special emphasis on the history of Gujarat.