Fields from the Sea : Chinese Junk Trade with Siam During the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Century

Jennifer Cushman
Cornell University Press
 9780877277118
0-87727-711-7

Methodical and inquisitive, Cushman explores Chinese junk trade with Siam over two centuries. In the course of her analysis, the author illuminates significant aspects of China's economic development, the implementation of commercial policies by the two nations, and concepts of trade in the east and southeast of Asia.