Tribute and Profit

Book excerpt: Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- The International Context of the Sino-Siamese Trade -- The Siamese Trading Structure -- Initial Period, 1652-1720: Chinese Restrictions on Trade -- The Sino-Siamese-Japanese Triangular Trade -- The Abrogation of the Second Maritime Ban and the Role of the Rice Trade -- Southeast China's Trade Organizations in the Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries -- The Sino-Siamese Tributary Trade: From Late Ayudhya to Early Bangkok Periods -- The Chinese in the Economic Life of Siam in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries -- The Height of the Sino-Siamese Junk Trade in the Second and Third Bangkok Reigns, 1809-1833 -- Chinese Immigration and its Economic Impact in the Third Reign, 1824-1850 -- Declining Fortunes of the Sino-Siamese Junk Trade -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- A Chronological List of Siamese Ships Reported as Trading to Nagasaki -- A Chronological List of Pattani Ships Reported as Trading to Nagasaki -- A Chronological List of Songkla Ships Reported as Trading to Nagasaki -- A Chronological List of Ligor Ships Reported as Trading to Nagasaki -- Dispatches of Royal Ships Trading to Kwangtung in the Second Reign -- Letters from the King's Adviser to the Ruler of Songkla Concerning the Outfitting of Junks to Trade to Amoy -- Notes -- Chinese and Siamese Dynasty and Reign Names from the Seventeenth to the Late Nineteenth Centuries -- Bibliographical Note -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Index -- Harvard East Asian Monographs.