TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mailaparambil,Binu John
TI  - Lords of the sea: the Ali Rajas of Cannanore and the political economy of Malabar (1663-1723) 
T2  - TANAP monographs on the history of Asian-European interaction,
SN  - 9789047444718
AV  - HF3789.M27 M35 2012
U1  - 382.0954/83 23
CY  - Leiden, Boston
PB  - Brill.
KW  - Economics
KW  - India
KW  - Malabar
KW  - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Exports & Imports
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General
KW  - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / Marketing
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Trade & Tariffs
KW  - Malabar Coast (India)
KW  - Commerce
KW  - History
KW  - Europe
KW  - Economic conditions
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Chapter One: The Geo-Political Setting of Kolathunadu -- Chapter Two: The Rajas of Kolathunadu -- Chapter Three: Lords of the Sea -- Chapter Four: Jan Company in Cannanore (1663–1723) -- Chapter Five: The VOC Trade in Cannanore (1663–1723) -- Chapter Six: Power Politics in Kolathunadu (1663–1697) -- Chapter Seven: The Coast Adrift: The Ali Raja and the Rise of New Maritime Powers (1698–1723) -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index; Available to subscribing member institutions only
N2  - In the second half of the seventeenth century the political and ritual relationships between the various elite houses of the kingdom of Cannanore on the Malabar Coast were affected by the shifting patterns in the Indian Ocean maritime trade. This study shows how the Arackal Ali Rajas, the most prominent maritime merchants in early-modern Malabar, managed to fence off the attempts of the Dutch East India Company to gain control of the regional trade, and how they succeeded in maintaining their commercial network across the Indian Ocean intact
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789047444718
ER  -