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Empire of the seas : thinking about Asia
Author
白石隆, 1950- author.
Uniform Title
Umi no teikoku. English
海の帝国. English
Title
Empire of the seas : thinking about Asia / Shiraishi Takashi ; translated by the Japanese Institute of International Affairs (JIIA).
ISBN
9784866581262
4866581263
Edition
First English edition.
Publication
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo : Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture, 2021.
Physical Description
187 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 22 cm
Notes
"Originally published in 2000 under the Japanese title Umi no teikoku : ajia o dou kangaeruka by Chuokoron-Shinsha, Inc."--Title page verso.
Translation of: Umi no teikoku : ajia o dō kangaeruka.
Translation of: 海の帝国 : アジアをどう考えるか.
Summary
"Winner of the 2000 Yomiuri Yoshino Sakuzo Prize for academic writing on politics, economics, and history, this book locates the modern history of Sotheast Asia within the framework of a 'maritime Asia' which emerged from trade and commerce, state formation, imperial/global hegemonic ambitions, and popular resistance."-- Back cover.
Format
Books
Language
Japanese; English
Added to Catalog
June 23, 2021
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-175) and index.
Contents
Raffle's dream
The Bugis Sea
Toddling Leviathans
The formation of plural societies
The logic of the civilizing project
The new imperial order
Nation-state building from above
Thinking about Asia
Afterword
Addendum: 2020.
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
Also listed under
Japanese Institute of International Affairs, translator.
Shuppan Bunka Sangyō Shinkō Zaidan, publisher.
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