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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 August 2009
When trade between China and Southeast Asia blossomed between the eleventh and fourteenth centuries, Chinese traders began to form overseas Chinese communities. Their presence had significant effects on the region, including the formation of new urban settlements and the introduction of new lifestyles in which imported items played an important part, not only among the elite, but among many hinterland groups who probably never saw a Chinese trader but rapidly integrated Chinese products into their displays of status.
The authors wish to thank Miss Ng Soo-Ngo for drawing the diagrams, and Miss G.Y. Goh for preparing the illustrations of the beads.
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