Umfang:
Online-Ressource (x, 407 p)
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ill., maps
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9780857934260
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9781283293945
Inhalt:
This insightful book draws upon a wide range of disciplines - political economy, geography and international relations - to examine how Asia has returned to its central position in the world economy. As in the case of the hosting of the Olympic games, it is cities rather than states which compete, whether as financial centres, logistical hubs or platforms for coordinating international subcontracting. Analysing the historical precedents of the Mediterranean maritime republics, the Baltic Sea Hanseatic League and the South China Sea mercantile kingdoms, the book delineates the way stable econom
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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Cover; Copyright; Contents; Figures and tables; Maps; Preface; Introduction: the 'Mediterraneans' of Europe and Asia; PART I Two models of expansion without borders: the European Mediterraneans; 1. The Mediterraneans and global expansion; 2. Long distance trade and urban sovereignty: the competitive model of the Mediterranean at the time of the repubbliche marinare; 3. The Hanseatic League: a model of cooperation on the Baltic Sea; PART II Early outlines of an Asian Mediterranean: the predominance of tributary trade
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4. Asian trading kingdoms and independent urban entities: from the 7th to the 17th century5. The organisation of trade in Asia: the weight of government monopolies; 6. Tributary trade and unofficial trade; 7. Japan's place in intra-Asian trade: resisting Chinese hegemony; 8. The Asian maritime system; PART III The overlapping of Western and Asian trading networks; 9. European expansion or Asian force of attraction?; 10. Forced openings and treaty ports; 11. The cosmopolitanism of Asian trade networks; PART IV The arena of re-globalisation: the second birth of the Asian Mediterranean
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12. Chinese coastal cities confronting the challenge of globalisation13. The East Asian manufacturing belt; 14. Hong Kong versus Shanghai: rivalry between middlemen; 15. Competition between logistic hubs in Asia; 16. Hong Kong, Shanghai, or Peking: where will China's international financial centre be located?; PART V The Asian Mediterranean and the challenges to state sovereignty; 17. Transnational regions and the East Asian economic corridor: an Asian Mediterranean; 18. The Asian Mediterranean and the reshaping of China's economics pace
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19. Local protectionism and trade wars: market fragmentation inChina20. China's power base shifts back towards the sea; Conclusion; Bibliography; Name index; Subject index; Place index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Weitere Ausg.:
9780857934277
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version The Asian Mediterranean : Port Cities and Trading Networks in China, Japan and Southeast Asia, 13th-21st Century
Sprache:
Englisch
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