Early Ryukyuan history : a new mode / Gregory Smits.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smits, Gregory.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ryukyu Islands--History--To 1879.

Ryukyu Islands.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (345 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, 2024.

Summary:

No detailed description available for "Early Ryukyuan History".

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter One. A New Model of Early Ryukyuan History

Chapter Two. Well-Traveled Routes

Chapter Three. The Land, First Peoples, and the Shellmound Era

Chapter Four. Kikaijima and the Start of Japonic Ryukyu

Chapter Five. Spokes and Hubs: Modeling East China Sea Regional Trade

Chapter Six. Sacred Groves, Fortresses, and More: The Korean Impact

Chapter Seven. Agriculture

Chapter Eight. Trading and Raiding Intensify: The Late Gusuku Era

Chapter Nine. The Geopolitical Landscape

Chapter Ten. Many More than Three: The Tumultuous Sanzan Era in Okinawa

Chapter Eleven. Era of the First Shō “Dynasty”

Chapter Twelve. The Second Shō Dynasty and the Creation of a Centralized State

Chapter Thirteen. Early Ryukyu in Regional History

Notes

Works Cited

Index

About the Author

Notes:

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ISBN:

9780824898205

0824898206

OCLC:

1419797121