Intra-asian Trade in Japanese Copper by the Dutch East India Company During the Eighteenth Century, Hardcover by Shimada, Ryuto, ISBN 9004150927, ISBN-13 9789004150928, Brand New, Free shipping in the US A specialist in the economic history of Japan and Asia, Shimada re-examines the Japanese copper trade of the Company from both the Asian and the global perspective, offering new interpretations but also paying tribute to the many scholars who have studied it before him. His topics include the context, company profits from the trade, Japanese production and exports, the demand in general and specifically in Coromandel and Bengal, and the economics of the trade. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()