Overview
- Provides a useful and original contribution to global economic history
- Analyzes the early development of railways in different Asian countries
- Gives insight into the increase of exports of plantation economies in the context of the global market
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Economic History (PEHS)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book analyzes the economic impact of the early development of railways in different Asian countries, linking the inlands with port cities and with a global network of connections. This is looked at in the context of the rise of imperialism in the last decades of the 19th century and the redistribution of spheres of influence in Asia. The book considers the increase of exports of plantation economies in the context of the global market and the importance of China, and the struggle between the great powers for the economic penetration in the Chinese empire. Its comparative approach provides an original contribution to global economic history and will be valuable reading for students and researchers of economic history, transport economics, and Asian history more broadly.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Dídac Cubeiro Rodríguez has a PhD in history, and is an associate professor in the Department of Applied Economics, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain, teaching ‘Applied Economics in East Asia’ and ‘National and International Markets in East Asia’ on the East Asian Studies program. He also collaborates as a researcher with the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and the Inter Asia Research Group concerning the topic of the impact of the infrastructures in the economic history of the Philippines.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Pearl of the East
Book Subtitle: The Economic Impact of the Colonial Railways in the Age of High Imperialism in Southeast Asia
Authors: Dídac Cubeiro Rodríguez
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Economic History
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-21674-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-21673-2Published: 02 January 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-21676-3Published: 03 January 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-21674-9Published: 01 January 2023
Series ISSN: 2662-6497
Series E-ISSN: 2662-6500
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 227
Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations, 42 illustrations in colour
Topics: Economic History, Economy-wide Country Studies, Asian History, Asian Economics