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Capitalism expansion and local adaptation: maritime trade network on the North Coast of Java during the early modern period

This study shows how the expansion of European capitalism in shipping and maritime trade in Java at the beginning of the modern period did not actually result in a total death of local maritime shipping and trade. What was happening is the process of adaptation of seafarers and local maritim...

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Main Authors: Sulistiyono, Singgih Tri, Rinardi, Haryono, Yety Rochwulaningsih,
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Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2021
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/16854/1/47780-154736-1-SM.pdf
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spelling my-ukm.journal.168542021-06-21T06:23:16Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/16854/ Capitalism expansion and local adaptation: maritime trade network on the North Coast of Java during the early modern period Sulistiyono, Singgih Tri Rinardi, Haryono Yety Rochwulaningsih, This study shows how the expansion of European capitalism in shipping and maritime trade in Java at the beginning of the modern period did not actually result in a total death of local maritime shipping and trade. What was happening is the process of adaptation of seafarers and local maritime trade. They had to adjust to the new pressing situation following the political and military defeat of the rulers of the port cities on the north coast of Java. This study uses historical perspective by emphasizing on secondary sources to analyze and identify the early modern maritime trade network. Although, it is more like literature review, this study is able to reconstruct the local traders’ adaptation in the middle of capitalism expansion. It is known that seafarers and local maritime traders were unable to keep up with competition in the field of shipping technology so they adapted by filling in business spaces that were occupied by European maritime seamen and traders. In addition, another form of adaptation in dealing with European maritime capitalism is the process of marginalization and contraction in the scale of the shipping network of local seafarers in Java. They finally focused more on doing local shipping rather than international and intra-Asian shipping gradually controlled by European maritime capitalism. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2021-04 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/16854/1/47780-154736-1-SM.pdf Sulistiyono, Singgih Tri and Rinardi, Haryono and Yety Rochwulaningsih, (2021) Capitalism expansion and local adaptation: maritime trade network on the North Coast of Java during the early modern period. Jebat: Malaysian Journal of History, Politics and Strategic Studies, 48 (1). pp. 71-95. ISSN 2180-0251 https://ejournal.ukm.my/jebat/issue/view/1391
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description This study shows how the expansion of European capitalism in shipping and maritime trade in Java at the beginning of the modern period did not actually result in a total death of local maritime shipping and trade. What was happening is the process of adaptation of seafarers and local maritime trade. They had to adjust to the new pressing situation following the political and military defeat of the rulers of the port cities on the north coast of Java. This study uses historical perspective by emphasizing on secondary sources to analyze and identify the early modern maritime trade network. Although, it is more like literature review, this study is able to reconstruct the local traders’ adaptation in the middle of capitalism expansion. It is known that seafarers and local maritime traders were unable to keep up with competition in the field of shipping technology so they adapted by filling in business spaces that were occupied by European maritime seamen and traders. In addition, another form of adaptation in dealing with European maritime capitalism is the process of marginalization and contraction in the scale of the shipping network of local seafarers in Java. They finally focused more on doing local shipping rather than international and intra-Asian shipping gradually controlled by European maritime capitalism.
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author Sulistiyono, Singgih Tri
Rinardi, Haryono
Yety Rochwulaningsih,
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Rinardi, Haryono
Yety Rochwulaningsih,
Capitalism expansion and local adaptation: maritime trade network on the North Coast of Java during the early modern period
author_facet Sulistiyono, Singgih Tri
Rinardi, Haryono
Yety Rochwulaningsih,
author_sort Sulistiyono, Singgih Tri
title Capitalism expansion and local adaptation: maritime trade network on the North Coast of Java during the early modern period
title_short Capitalism expansion and local adaptation: maritime trade network on the North Coast of Java during the early modern period
title_full Capitalism expansion and local adaptation: maritime trade network on the North Coast of Java during the early modern period
title_fullStr Capitalism expansion and local adaptation: maritime trade network on the North Coast of Java during the early modern period
title_full_unstemmed Capitalism expansion and local adaptation: maritime trade network on the North Coast of Java during the early modern period
title_sort capitalism expansion and local adaptation: maritime trade network on the north coast of java during the early modern period
publisher Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2021
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/16854/1/47780-154736-1-SM.pdf
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