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Author Nierstrasz, Chris, 1978- author.

Title Rivalry for trade in tea and textiles : the English and Dutch East India Companies (1700-1800) / Chris Nierstrasz
Published Houndmills, Basingstoke Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015
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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 219 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Series Europe's Asian centuries
Europe's Asian centuries.
Contents PART I: IMPERFECT MONOPOLIES -- -- 1. Imperfect monopoly in trade -- 1.1 Mix of commodities -- 1.2 Monopoly and private trade -- 2. Imperfect monopoly in Europe -- 2.1 Silver and taxation -- 2.2 Re-export of Asian commodities -- 3. Imperfect monopoly in Asia -- 3.1 Beyond Silver -- 3.2 Intra-Asian trade and Empire -- 3.3 Empire and the home-state -- Conclusion -- -- PART II: RIVALRY FOR TEA: EMPIRES AND PRIVATE TRADE -- -- 1. Tea and monopoly -- 1.1 Competition for monopoly (1685-1730) -- 1.2 A Competitive Market (1730-1790) -- 2. Empires and Tea -- 2.1 Direct trade and empire -- 2.2 EIC intra-Asian trade and English country trade -- 2.3 British Empire and Canton -- 3. Private trade and tea -- 3.1 The 'Discovery' of Tea -- 3.2 Private Trade and Batavia -- 3.3 Private trade in tea as a tool of competition -- 3.4 English Private Trade in Tea -- Conclusion -- -- PART III: POPULARISATION OF TEA: SMUGGLERS AND DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF TEA -- -- 1. Smuggling and Britain -- 1.1 The problem of contraband tea -- 1.2 An answer to smuggling -- 2. Smuggling and America -- 2.1 Unnoticed smuggling -- 2.2 British Empires connect -- 3. Selections of tea -- 3.1 Different varieties, different prices -- 3.2 A different selection of tea -- Conclusion -- -- PART IV RIVALRY FOR TEXTILES: A GLOBAL MARKET -- -- 1. Europe and India -- 1.1 Imports of Indian Textiles -- 1.2 Textiles and Mercantilism -- 2. Textiles and Empire in Asia -- 2.1 Intra-Asian trade and textiles -- 2.2 Balancing Asia and Europe -- 2.3 English dominance -- Conclusion -- -- PART V: THE CONSUMPTION OF TEXTILES: RETURN CARGOES AND VARIETY -- -- 1. Different regions, different textiles -- 2. Competition for textiles -- 2.1 Muslins -- 2.2 White Calicoes -- 2.3 Coloured Calicoes -- 3. Imports of Indian textiles and the Industrial Revolution -- Conclusion
Summary In Rival Empires of Trade in the Orient, Holden Furber attributed the success and failure of East India Companies to the way they organised their trade in Asia. This new study expands this focus to cover the East India Companies' global empires in a comparison of the rivalry between the Dutch East India Company (VOC) and the East India Company (EIC) in their trade in tea and Indian textiles. The reasons for the success and failure of both companies in this fierce competition need to be found in Europe, Asia and the wider Atlantic. Although the impact of this trade is already visible in events such as the opening of Western trade with China, the Boston Tea Party, the establishment of British Empire in Bengal and the Industrial Revolution, this book also puts the rivalry in the perspective of difference in the varieties of tea and textiles both companies brought back to Europe
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject East India Company -- History -- 18th century
Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie -- History -- 18th century
SUBJECT East India Company fast
Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie fast
Subject Tea trade -- Europe -- History -- 18th century
Textile industry -- Europe -- History -- 18th century
Industries.
industry (economic concept)
industries (organizations)
Maritime history.
Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900.
General & world history.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Exports & Imports.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- International -- General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- International -- Marketing.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- Trade & Tariffs.
Tea trade
Textile industry
SUBJECT Europe -- Commerce -- Asia -- History -- 18th century
Asia -- Commerce -- Europe -- History -- 18th century
Subject Asia
Europe
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781137486530
1137486538
9781137486547
1137486546