Trade and Society in the Straits of Melaka: Dutch Melaka and English Penang, 1780-1830

by Nordin Hussin

This pioneering work from a member of Malaysia's new generation of historians is a tale of two very different cities, the one with a trading heritage dating back centuries, the other a new creation spawned by the declining fortunes of the once mighty Dutch East India Company. Melaka was an important commercial entrepot on the west coast of the Malay Peninsula long before it fell to Portugese forces in 1511, but thereafter began an extended process...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 8791114470
• ISBN13: 9788791114472
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Nordic Institute of Asian Studies
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.2"