Intra-Asian trade is a major theme of recent writing on Asian economic history. From the second half of the nineteenth … century, intra-Asian trade flows linked Asia into an integrated economic system, with reciprocal benefits for all participants … producers for these Asian markets, and those of the wider world. This collection presents captivating snap-shots of trade in …

Gold Coast, the Bight of Biafra and the Bight of Benin, can be predicted by patterns of trade established in previous …