Silk for Silver

Dutch-Vietnamese relations, 1637-1700

Bibliographic Data

ID19906664
AuthorsHoang Anh Tuan (0000-0001-9881-6718, corresponding author), Anh Tuan Hoang (0000-0002-1767-8040), Hoang Anh Tuan Hoang Anh Tuan
Year2007
Pages296
Publication date2007-08-30
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueSilk for silver (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/ej.9789004156012.i-300
OpenAlexW572438471
ISBN9789004156012
Open LibraryOL29585891M
LanguageEN
Citations received16

[This book focuses on the political and commercial relations between the Dutch East India Company (VOC) and the Vietnamese kingdom of Tonkin from 1637 until the beginning of the eighteenth century. The VOC exported silk and silk piece-goods from Tonkin to Japan. The author focuses on various aspects of the mutual relationship between the VOC and Tonkin, and how this fitted into the larger picture of the intra-Asian trade. The book reveals the vicissitudes in political relations, and the varying trends in the VOC’s import (silver and copper) and export (silk, ceramics, musk, and gold). While examining a great deal of detailed archival materials, the author evaluates Dutch influence on Tonkin’s feudal society and economy. The book also offers a fascinating sketch of how the Vietnamese trading elite maximized their own profits by dealing with various western tradesmen, including the English and French., This book focuses on the political and commercial relations between the Dutch East India Company (VOC) and the Vietnamese kingdom of Tonkin from 1637 until the beginning of the eighteenth century. The VOC exported silk and silk piece-goods from Tonkin to Japan. The author focuses on various aspects of the mutual relationship between the VOC and Tonkin, and how this fitted into the larger picture of the intra-Asian trade. The book reveals the vicissitudes in political relations, and the varying trends in the VOC’s import (silver and copper) and export (silk, ceramics, musk, and gold). While examining a great deal of detailed archival materials, the author evaluates Dutch influence on Tonkin’s feudal society and economy. The book also offers a fascinating sketch of how the Vietnamese trading elite maximized their own profits by dealing with various western tradesmen, including the English and French.]

Economic history · Economics · Economy · Elite · Feudalism · Political science · Politics · Vietnamese · Asian Studies and History · Chinese history and philosophy · History · Law · Philosophy · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies · 1648-1714 · Commerce · foreign economic relations · foreign relations · Nederlandsche oost-indische compagnie · Netherlands · Vietnam