Empire of the seas : thinking about Asia / Shiraishi Takashi ; translated by the Japanese Institute of International Affairs (JIIA).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shiraishi, Takashi, 1950- author.

白石隆, 1950- author.

Contributor:

Nihon Kokusai Mondai Kenkyūjo, translator.

Shuppan Bunka Sangyō Shinkō Zaidan, publisher.

Standardized Title:

Umi no teikoku. English

海の帝国. English http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2021072865

Language:

English

Japanese

Subjects (All):

History.

Southeast Asia.

East Asia.

East Asia--History--19th century.

East Asia--History--20th century.

Southeast Asia--History--19th century.

Southeast Asia--History--20th century.

Regionalism--East Asia.

Regionalism.

Regionalism--Southeast Asia.

Colonies--Asia.

Colonies.

Asia.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

187 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 22 cm

Edition:

First English edition.

Place of Publication:

Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo : Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture, 2021.

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.

Contents:

Raffle's dream. Malacca ; Raffles and the birth of the second British Empire ; The contradictions of the early British order

The Bugis Sea. The situation in Malacca ; The Bugis century ; The rhythm of history

Toddling Leviathans. Defining the modern state ; The Straits Settlement state ; The Dutch East Indies state ; The Philippines

The formation of plural societies. The case of Abdullah the Munshi ; Raffles' plan for the town of Singapore ; The politics of identity

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

The new imperial order. A new regional order ; Japan as number two ; Nation-state building from above

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

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:

"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.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-175) and index.

ISBN:

9784866581262

4866581263

OCLC:

1250473446