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First English edition. |
| Description |
187 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 22 cm |
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| Note |
"Originally published in 2000 under the Japanese title Umi no teikoku : ajia o dou kangaeruka by Chuokoron-Shinsha, Inc."--Title page verso. |
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Translation of: Umi no teikoku : ajia o d kangaeruka. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-175) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Chapter one. Raffle's dream: Malacca ; Raffles and the birth of the second British Empire ; The contradictions of the early British order -- Chapter two. The Bugis Sea: The situation in Malacca ; The Bugis century ; The rhythm of history -- Chapter three. Toddling Leviathans: Defining the modern state ; The Straits Settlement state ; The Dutch East Indies state ; The Philippines -- Chapter four. The formation of plural societies: The case of Abdullah the Munshi ; Raffles' plan for the town of Singapore ; The politics of identity -- Chapter five. The logic of the civilizing project: The birth of the Colonial world ; The "civilizing" project ; The birth of modern politics ; Leviathan's twentieth-century turning point -- Chapter six. The new imperial order: A new regional order ; Japan as number two ; Nation-state building from above -- Chapter seven. Nation-state building from above; Thailand : from concentration of power to expansion of power ; Indonesia : from concentration of power to dispersal of power ; The Philippines : systematic decentralization of power -- Chapter eight. Thinking about Asia: Japan and Asia vs. Japan in Asia ; Maritime Asia vs. mainland Asia ; Empire of the seas ; Looking ahead -- Afterword -- Addendum: 2020 -- Notes and references -- Index. |
| Summary |
"Winner of the 2000 Yomiuri Yoshino Sakuzo Prize for academic writing on politics, economics, and history, this book locates the modern history of Southeast 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. |
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East Asia -- History -- 19th century.
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East Asia -- History -- 20th century.
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Southeast Asia -- History -- 19th century.
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Southeast Asia -- History -- 20th century.
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Regionalism -- East Asia.
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Regionalism -- Southeast Asia.
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Asia -- Colonies.
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Colonies. (OCoLC)fst00868456
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Regionalism. (OCoLC)fst01093204
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Asia. (OCoLC)fst01240495
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East Asia. (OCoLC)fst01243628
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Southeast Asia. (OCoLC)fst01240499
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| Chronological Term |
1800-1999
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Author |
Japanese Institute of International Affairs, translator.
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Shuppan Bunka Sangy Shink Zaidan, publisher.
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| ISBN |
9784866581262 (hbk.) |
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4866581263 (hbk.) |
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