01224nam a2200217Ia 4500 CTU_219133 210402s9999 xx 000 0 und d 382.09405 F983 Furber, Holden Rival empires of trade in the Orient, 1600-1800 Holden Furber Minneapolis University of Minnesota Press 1976 This volume presents an account of European expansion in Asia through the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries - the story of the rivalries of the East India companies and the growth of British maritime dominance which forged the Pax Britannica destined to keep Asia under European control until 1941. The author explains that it is called Rival Empires of Trade in the Orient because the few thousands of Europeans who built these empires thought of themselves primarily as merchants rather than as rulers. Europe,East Asia,Châu Âu,Đông Á History,Commerce,History,Commerce,Lịch sử,Thương mại,Lịch sử,Thương mại East Asia,Europe,Đông Á,Châu Âu Qhieu Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Cần Thơ