A Study of the Economy to Export Tropical Products at the Initial Stage: South and Southeast Asia in the Eighteenth Century and the Dutch East India Company

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24730301
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Economic history
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: SHIMADA RYUTO 東京大学, 人文社会系研究科, 准教授 (80435106)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 東南アジア / 南アジア / オランダ東インド会社 / 国際分業 / アジア域内貿易 / 世界貿易

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research project aimed to examine the economy of South and Southeast Asia to export tropical products at the initial stage. Production, collection and export of products such as sugar and cotton textiles in Java, Bengal, Coromandel and Gujarat were investigated through consulting the records of the Dutch East India Company. This research project sought for an economic development path in South and Southeast Asia, which was different from that in East Asia. Then, by making clear the process of emergence of the economy to export tropical products within the framework of the international division of labour in the Asian and World economy during the eighteenth century, and the research attempted to provide basis information for current debates of global history.

Free Research Field

アジア経済史