Asian Merchants and Businessmen in the Indian Ocean and the China Sea. Edited By Denys Lombard and Jean Aubin. New Delhi and New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. 375 pp. $35.00 (cloth) (original) (raw)

The edited volume explores the role and adaptation of Asian merchants and businessmen within the historical contexts of the Indian Ocean and the China Sea, particularly through the transition to modern capitalism and statehood in postcolonial Asia. It features essays that analyze the impact of post-war nationalism and modern economic practices on traditional commercial communities, ultimately critiquing the limitations and dated perspectives of existing scholarship in the field of Asian commercial history.