Ａ Ｍａｒｉｔｉｍｅ Ｈｉｓｔｏｒｙ ｏｆ Ｅａｓｔ Ａｓｉａ

地域外交、造船技術、武器、倭冦、国際貿易ネットワークの発展…。１２５０年〜１８００年の間で特徴的な３つの「１００年間」を取り上げ、東アジアの海を往来し、文化の交流に影響を与えた人や物資、情報等を考察する。【「TRC MARC」の商品解説】

A Maritime History of East Asia takes the reader on a fascinating journey through the history of a region from the perspective of the interactions that occurred on and were facilitated by the sea. The book is divided into three parts that each focus on a different hundred-year period between 1250 and 1800, characterized by ‘openness’, ‘competition’ and ‘compartmentalization’ respectively. The chapters in each part examine the people, goods and information, that flowed across the seas of the East Asian maritime world, facilitating cultural exchange and hybridity. The intricate and often fraught relations between China, Japan and Korea feature throughout, as well as those between these polities and the waves of outsiders that sought to trade with them and to conquer them. Regional diplomacy, ship-building technology, weaponry, Wokou pirate bands, the fates of castaways and the development of international trade networks are just some of the topics that paint a vivid picture of the interconnected world of the East Asian maritime region during this period.【商品解説】