The Resurgence of East Asia: 500, 150 and 50 Year Perspectives

by Arrighi,Giovanni

• ISBN13: 9780415316361
• ISBN10: 0415316367
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-07-30
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The East Asian expansion since the 1960s stands out as a global power shift with few historical precedents.The Resurgence of East Asiaexamines the rise of the region as one of the world's economic power centres from three temporal perspectives: 500 years, 150 years and 50 years, each denoting an epoch in regional and world history and providing a vantage point against which to assess contemporary developments. The three perspectives each have something valuable to offer towards the understanding of the present rise of East Asia and the modern world system, and their combination offers a contrast to the national and global studies that have recently dominated the literatures of development and globalization. In offering a comprehensive understanding of the present East Asian dynamic in light of the region's historical heritage, the authors present several alternative hypotheses about the ongoing East Asian renaissance, whose plausibility remains to be assessed in the light of unfoldingevidence. This collection is a valuable resource for students of Asian history, international politics and Asian studies.

Table of Contents

List of figures	ix
List of tables	x
Notes on contributors	xi
Acknowledgments	xiii
Introduction: the rise of East Asia in regional and world historical perspective	1	(16)
GIOVANNI ARRIGHI, TAKESHI HAMASHITA AND MARK SELDEN
1 Tribute and treaties: maritime Asia and treaty port networks in the era of negotiation, 1800-1900	17	(34)
TAKESHI HAMASHITA
2 A frontier view of Chineseness	51	(27)
PETER C. PERDUE
3 The East Asian path of economic development: a long-term perspective	78	(46)
KAORU SUGIHARA
4 Women's work, family, and economic development in Europe and East Asia: long-term trajectories and contemporary comparisons	124	(49)
KENNETH POMERANZ
5 The importance of commerce in the organization of China's late imperial economy	173	(41)
GARY G. HAMILTON AND WEI-AN CHANG
6 Japan, technology and Asian regionalism in comparative perspective	214	(45)
PETER J. KATZENSTEIN
7 Historical capitalism, East and West	259	(75)
GIOVANNI ARRIGHI, PO-KEUNG HUI, HO-FUND IIITNG AND MARK SEIDEN
Index	334