The contribution of Southeast Asia to the world economy (during the late prehistoric and early historic periods) has not received much attention. It has often been viewed as a region of peripheral entrepôts, especially in the early centuries of the current era. Recent archaeological evidence revealed the existence of established and productive polities in Southeast Asia in the early parts of the historic period and earlier. This book recalibrates these interactions of Southeast Asia with other parts of the world economy, and gives the region its due instead of treating it as little more than of marginal interest.
Table of Content
List of Figures and Tables
Preface
Introduction: Southeast Asia in World History: Macrohistorical Considerations and World System History
Chapter 1. Early Southeast Asia
THE NETWORKS
Chapter 2. Global Linkages: The First Eurasian World System
THE ECONOMY
Chapter 3. Southeast Asia in the Maritime Eurasian World Economy
THE POLITIES
Chapter 4. Political Transformations in Southeast Asia
Methodological Reprise
Bibliography
Index
About the author
Sing C. Chew is Senior Research Scientist in the Department of Urban and Environmental Sociology at Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research–UFZ, Leipzig, Germany, and Emeritus Professor at Humboldt State University. He is the founding Editor of the interdisciplinary journal, Nature and Culture, and is the author of numerous publications and books including a trilogy on world ecological degradation over five thousand years of world history.
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