Gentle Janus, Merchant Prince : : The VOC and the Tightrope of Diplomacy in the Malay world, 1740-1800 / / Reinout Vos.
The Janus face of the Dutch East Indies Company-representing a merchant on one side and a prince on the other-has long puzzled historians. How could a commercial enterprise, firmly rooted in a tradition of free trade, turn into a powerful monopolistic empire the moment its ships rounded the Cape of...
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Superior document: | Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde ; 157 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 1994. |
Year of Publication: | 1994 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde ;
157. |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (264 pages) |
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