Over the semester in Human Geography we’ve been learning about other geographical locations all over the world, especially in Asia. How countries have gotten they way they have to this day has been through trade, human movement and political and cultural influences that spread out in a span of over hundreds of years. The creations of states and countries are created through cultural differences and political influences; however there are many arguments over how those paths are created through either trade or unnecessary force. Tina Harris’s (2013, 4) book main point is that she claims, “diversions are produced by various actors, and it’s the interplay between… and histories of trade”. She’s bringing the argument that local people, through trade
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What can be coined from Harris novel is that through demand and trade, for example she mentioned how white yak tails were a popular demand in the 1950’s for costumes such as Santa beards (2013, 30), certain items can influence what gets traded over certain routes. As well as in her first chapter she discusses in depth on how the British East Indian Company sneakily introduced western trade items after certain trade routes were closed off. This only intensified the grip that the company had over the Indian/Tibet trade route, by introducing their products the citizens were forced to deal with Western items instead of their usual trade items. She discloses the opening and closing of certain routes and how they can have a huge impact on trade, for example certain wools were hard to move around, but when routes open up again it makes it easier to transport (42). It can also lower the prices of items which is both great for the consumer and trader because if the consumer can lower prices due to surplus, then it’s beneficial to the economy and consumer. If a war were to occur and shut down a trade route, then the trader will suffer as a result because if they can’t transport their good over to their destination then they have to trade else where, this is how
What can be coined from Harris novel is that through demand and trade, for example she mentioned how white yak tails were a popular demand in the 1950’s for costumes such as Santa beards (2013, 30), certain items can influence what gets traded over certain routes. As well as in her first chapter she discusses in depth on how the British East Indian Company sneakily introduced western trade items after certain trade routes were closed off. This only intensified the grip that the company had over the Indian/Tibet trade route, by introducing their products the citizens were forced to deal with Western items instead of their usual trade items. She discloses the opening and closing of certain routes and how they can have a huge impact on trade, for example certain wools were hard to move around, but when routes open up again it makes it easier to transport (42). It can also lower the prices of items which is both great for the consumer and trader because if the consumer can lower prices due to surplus, then it’s beneficial to the economy and consumer. If a war were to occur and shut down a trade route, then the trader will suffer as a result because if they can’t transport their good over to their destination then they have to trade else where, this is how