ISBN10: 0773525157, ISBN13: 9780773525153, [publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press] Hardcover
[Toronto, ON, Canada] [Publication Year: 2003]

ISBN10: 0773525157, ISBN13: 9780773525153, [publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press] Hardcover
[Toronto, ON, Canada] [Publication Year: 2003]

McGill-Queen's University Press 2003 Hardcover Near Fine in Near Fine jacket

ISBN10: 0773525157, ISBN13: 9780773525153, [publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press, Montreal] Hardcover Hardcover. For centuries the Straits of Malacca, a narrow waterway between the Malay peninsula and the island of Sumatra, has been both a major conduit for long distance trade between Asia and the West and one of the most dangerous areas for commercial shipping. Casting a broad net across several disciplines, particularly geography and political economy, Donald Freeman examines the significance of the Straits as both a trade gateway and a choke-point that has forced generations of sailors to "run the gauntlet." Rather than the more conventional historical-narrative approach, he offers an innovative adoption of an interdisciplinary, analytical perspective through his use of detailed case studies of trading systems and shipping hazards. An exploration of the present and past significance of one of the world's busiest yet most hazardous shipping channels. For centuries the Straits of Malacca, a narrow waterway between the Malay peninsula and the island of Sumatra, has been both a major conduit for long distance trade between Asia and the West and one of the most dangerous areas for commercial shipping. Casting a broad net across several disciplines, particularly geography and political economy, Donald Freeman examines the significance of the Straits as both a trade gateway and a choke-point that has forced generations of sailors to ...