Money, Markets, and Trade in Early Southeast Asia

Money, Markets, and Trade in Early Southeast Asia
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Publisher : Cornell University Press
Total Pages : 371
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ISBN-10 : 9781501719479
ISBN-13 : 1501719475
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Book Synopsis Money, Markets, and Trade in Early Southeast Asia by : Robert S. Wicks

Download or read book Money, Markets, and Trade in Early Southeast Asia written by Robert S. Wicks and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-31 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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