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The Route to European Hegemony
India’s Intra-Asian Trade in the Early Modern Period (Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries)
Author: Maloni Ruby
Language: EnglishSubjects for The Route to European Hegemony:
Keywords
Intra-Asian Trade; Manohar Publishers; Indian Ocean; Indian Marine Centres; Malabar Ports; Indian Merchants; Coromandel Coast; European Merchants at Indian Ports; European Maritime Powers; English East India Company; East Indies; Europe's Intra-Asian Trade; Indian Ocean Ports; Portuguese Colonies; Indian Ports; Maritime Asia; Indian Ocean Littoral; Monopolistic systems; Indigenous Merchants; Coercive asystems; Malabar Coast; Longue duree; Gujarati Merchants; European Hegemony; William III; European Private Traders; East India Company; Honourable East India Company; Abdul Ghafur; Hughli River; Surat Merchants; Heren XVII; Private Trade; British Agency Houses; English Private Traders; Indian Maritime Trade
· 13.8x21.6 cm · Hardback
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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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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.