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Download or read book Tribute and Profit written by Sarasin Viraphol and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1977 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.