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Since this publication - mainly because of its inordinate length - has =
appeared with a very small publisher it may be permitted to announce =
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R.J. Barendse, The Arabian Seas 1640-1700, 465 + xvii pages (Leiden, =
CNWS publicaties) 60 Dutch guilders, ISBN: 90-5789-009-7
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"The Arabian seas 1640-1700 deals with the coastal zones of the Red Sea, =
Persian Gulf and Western India. It also discusses the relations between =
these coastal lands and the agrarian empires of Mughals, Safawids and =
Ottomans."
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Virtually completely based on unpublished material from Dutch, =
Portuguese and English archives and discussing literature in fourteen =
languages Arabian seas is an economic history of the western Indian =
Ocean during the incipient spread of European expansion:=20
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Summary of Contents:
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Chapter Two discusses the pattern of rise and fall of ports in the =
Arabian seas and their relations with the hinterland.
Chapter Three deals with European settlements (social build-up, =
recruitment and relations between Europeans) European armies and =
freebooters in the Arabian seas.
Chapter Four discusses the relationship between Indian and Persian =
merchants and rulers and between the European companies and local and =
imperial courts with special attention to Maharastra and Persia.
Chapter Five deals with the pattern of markets, merchant =
communities, transport and the way of obtaining information with special =
attention to Basra, the Yemen and Gujarat.
Chapter Six argues for the existence of a seventeenth century crisis =
in the Western Indian Ocean focussing on the trade in bullion, textiles, =
indigo and pepper (from Kerala).
Chapter Seven deals with the relation between mercantilism and free =
trade in the Portuguese empire, discussing Portuguese trade in the =
second half of the seventeenth century, between Asia and Europe, trade =
within Asia and the relation between state and free-merchants discussing =
in detail the Persian Gulf, Sind and the Swahili Coast.
Chapter Eight deals with central policy making and illegal private =
trade in the Dutch East India Company.
Chapter Nine explains the financial and commercial pattern of =
English country-trade in the Arabian seas and compares this with the =
Dutch and Portuguese.
Chapter Ten deals with illegal trade and piracy, focussing on the =
involvement of ports in colonial North America in the slave trade to =
Madagascar.
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Dealing in detail with the commodities involved and the organisation =
of Asian, American and European trade in the early modern period this =
book should be of interest to both students of early modern commerce and =
of societies in the Arabian seas.
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While a US- edition is being discussed with M.E. Sharpe, the Dutch =
edition of Arabian seas can now be obtained with the
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Research Shool CNWS, PO Box 9515, 2300 RA, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Yours
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R.J. Barendse International Institute of Asian Studies, Leiden
r.barendse@worldonline.nl
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