Tribute and Profit: Sino-Siamese Trade, 1652–1853 Angkor Wat the indigenous peoples of Laos

the indigenous peoples of Laos

philosophy and practice

and illustrations

ANDREW WALKER is a Fellow in the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies

where he is also assistant professor and head of the Department of Eastern Languages

Tribute and Profit: Sino-Siamese Trade, 1652–1853 Angkor Wat the indigenous peoples of LaosLong before East Asia was fixed in the trade routes of Western economic powers, the region supported a complex economic system intertwined with and regulated by elaborate political and social structures. For Siam, the most significant of these was the Chinese tributary system. Tribute and Profit illuminates the conduct and maintenance of maritime trade under the auspices of Siams tributary relationship with imperial China. This bilateral partnership