Evolving Structure of the East Asian Economic System Since 1700 : A Comparative Analysis

This book is the fifth volume of essays edited by A. J. H Latham and Heita Kawakatsu from the International Economic History Congresses looking at the development of the Asian Economy. Bringing together leading scholars from both the east and west, this book offers fascinating insights into the cotton trade, the rice, wheat and shipping industries and the development of trade and finance in East Asia.

A.J.H. Latham is Professor of Economic History at the University of Wales, Swansea and is co-editor of Intra-Asian trade and the World Market and Asia Pacific Dynamism 1550-2000, both published by Routledge.

Heita Kawakatsu is Principal of Shizuoka Art College. Until 2007 he was Professor of Economic History and Vice-Director of the International Research Centre for Japanese Studies in Kyoto. He is co-editor of Intra-Asian trade and the World Market and Asia Pacific Dynamism 1550-2000, both published by Routledge