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Product DescriptionThis book brings together specialist knowledge on the many important trading and entrepreneurial groups that have dominated the Asian scene over the past centuries. In a series of crisp, relatively short chapters, it traces the long-term history of these groups from the medieval past to thepresent.Review`some excellent contributions... a good introduction to the general themes of trading in the Indian and China seas should be of interest to business historians.' Patricia S.Barton, Business History, Vol.43, No.2, April 2001`these essays come at a time when the debate between Eurocentric paradigms and new historiographic perspectives is taking on a new life.... quality collection... full of information... their findings should be carefully incorporated into current historical narratives.... an excellent collection that is tremendously useful for the historian and social scientist willing to get acquainted with aspects of economic and social history usually known only to specialists.' Arturo Giraldez, EH.NETAbout the AuthorBoth deceased