The Role of Singapore in the Growth of Intra-Southeast Asian Trade, c.1820s-1852
The Role of Singapore in the Growth of Intra-Southeast Asian Trade, c.1820s-1852
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新加坡在东南亚内部贸易增长中的作用,约 1820 年代至 1852 年
DOI:
10.20495/seas.2.3_443
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发表时间:
2013
影响因子:
0.4
通讯作者:
Atsushi Kobayashi
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作者:
Atsushi Kobayashi
This paper argues that the expansion of Southeast Asian trade in the first half of the nineteenth century was based partly on the growth of intra-regional trade. Singapore played a significant role as a British free port in the connection between Western long-distance trade and intra-regional trade. According to my estimates, intra-regional trade centered on the British and Dutch colonies grew from the 1820s to 1852, with the focus shifting from Java to Singapore. As background to this growth, attention is drawn to the relaxation of Dutch protectionist tariffs imposed on British cotton goods imported via Singapore. Prompted by British diplomatic protests, tariff levels were reduced, and Singapore increased its exports of European cotton goods across the region. The importance of the distribution system for regional products in the rise of trade in Singapore is also discussed. As Southeast Asian products exported to the Asian market were traded through Singapore, local merchants such as the Chinese and Bugis often conducted transactions of those regional products in exchange for European cotton goods. Thus, the distribution system for regional products facilitated the influx of European cotton goods into the region via Singapore.
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发表时间:
2005
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GEHN Conference on Textiles and the World Economy (Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune)
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作者:
Terasawa;T.;Ying Lu.;Sugihara Kaoru
通讯作者:
Sugihara Kaoru