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The Asian Mediterranean : port cities and trading networks in China, Japan and South Asia, 13th-21st century
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Méditerranée asiatique. English
Title
The Asian Mediterranean : port cities and trading networks in China, Japan and South Asia, 13th-21st century / François Gipouloux.
ISBN
9780857934260
0857934260
9780857934277
0857934279
Published
Cheltenham, Uk : Edward Elgar, ©2011.
Physical Description
x, 407 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Notes
Translated from the French.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 06, 2020
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 334-383) and index.
Contents
The "Mediterraneans" of Europe and Asia
The Mediterraneans and global expansion
Long distance trade and urban sovereignty : the competitive model of the Mediterranean at the time of the repubbliche marinare
The Hanseatic League : a model of cooperation on the Baltic Sea
Asian trading kingdoms and independent urban entities : from the 7th to the 17th century
The organisation of trade in Asia : the weight of government monopolies
Tributary trade and unofficial trade
Japan's place in intra-Asian trade : resisting Chinese hegemony
The Asian maritime system
European expansion or Asian force of attraction?
Forced openings and treaty ports
The cosmopolitanism of Asian trade networks
Chinese coastal cities confronting the challenge of globalisation
The East Asian manufacturing belt
Hong Kong versus Shanghai : rivalry between middlemen
Competition between logistic hubs in Asia
Hong Kong, Shanghai, or Peking : where will China's international financial centre be located?
Transnational regions and the East Asian economic corridor : an Asian Mediterranean
The Asian Mediterranean and the reshaping of China's economic space
Local protectionism and trade wars : market fragmentation in China
China's power base shifts back towards the sea.
pt. 1. Two Models of Expansion Without Borders: The European Mediterraneans
pt. 2. Early Outlines of an Asian Mediterranean: The Predominance of Tributary Trade
pt. 3. The Overlapping of Western and Asian Trading Networks
pt. 4. The Arena of Re-Globalisation: The Second Birth of the Asian Mediterranean
pt. 5. The Asian Mediterranean and the Challenges to State Sovereignty.
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