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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Horat, Esther

Titel

The Spatial Organisation of TradeTradeOrganisation of

Ist Teil von

• Trading in Uncertainty, 2017, p.173-188

Ort / Verlag

Cham: Springer International Publishing

Erscheinungsjahr

2017

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This Chapter examines the spatial organisation of trade, ranging from bigger and smaller towns in various parts of Vietnam, to the countryside, and finally, to China. Trust, and also distrust, is of crucial importance in the interactions at the Chinese markets. Containing a detailed ethnographic account of a business trip to cloth markets in Guangzhou, The Spatial Organisation Trade analyses long-distance business relations of Ninh Hiệp traders—not only with Chinese vendors, but even more importantly with hired shopping assistants, who serve as intermediary between Chinese and Vietnamese traders. By illuminating the role of these assistants, the chapter also clarifies the nature of trade relations between Vietnamese and Chinese trade relations. (111 words)