Binding: Paperback
Description: Takeshi Hamashita arguably Asia's premier historian of the longue dur e has been instrumental in opening a new field of inquiry in Chinese East Asian and world historical research. Engaging modernization Marxist and world system approaches his wide - ranging redefinition of the evolving relationships between the East Asia regional system and the world economy from the sixteenth century to the present has sent ripples throughout Asian and international scholarship. His research has led him to reconceptualize the position of China first in the context of an East Asian regional order and subsequently within the framework of a wider Euro - American - Asian trade and financial order that was long gestating within and indeed contributing to the shape of the world market. This book presents a selection of essays from Takeshi Hamashita's oeuvre on Asian trade to introduce this important historian's work to the English speaking reader. It examines the many critical issues surrounding China and East Asia's incorporation to the world economy including: Maritime perspectives on China Asia and the world economy Intra - Asian trade Chinese state finance and the tributary trade system Banking and finance Maritime customs.
Title: China East Asia And The Global Economy Regional And Historical Perspectives
Author(s): Hamashita Takeshi, Linda Grove
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9780415464598
Pages: 224 Pages, 27 Tables, Black And White; 15 Line Drawings, Black And White; 2 Halftones, Black And Whi
Publication Date: 7/1/2008
Series: Asia's Transformations/Critical Asian Scholarship
Category: Economic History