Empire of the seas, thinking about Asia, Shiraishi Takashi ; translated by the Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA)
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Empire of the seas, thinking about Asia, Shiraishi Takashi ; translated by the Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA)
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-175) and index
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non fiction
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Empire of the seas
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Shiraishi Takashi ; translated by the Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA)
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thinking about Asia
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
Table of 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
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