TY - BOOK N2 - "Winner of the 2000 Yomiuri Yoshino Sakuzo Prize for academic writing on politics, economics, and history, this book locates the modern history of Southeast Asia within the framework of a 'maritime Asia' which emerged from trade and commerce, state formation, imperial/global hegemonic ambitions, and popular resistance."-- AB - "Winner of the 2000 Yomiuri Yoshino Sakuzo Prize for academic writing on politics, economics, and history, this book locates the modern history of Southeast Asia within the framework of a 'maritime Asia' which emerged from trade and commerce, state formation, imperial/global hegemonic ambitions, and popular resistance."-- T1 - Empire of the seas :thinking about Asia / AU - Shiraishi, Takashi, ET - First English edition. CN - DS515 CN - DS515 LA - eng N1 - "Originally published in 2000 under the Japanese title Umi no teikoku : ajia o dou kangaeruka by Chuokoron-Shinsha, Inc."--Title page verso. N1 - Translation of: Umi no teikoku : ajia o dō kangaeruka. ID - 1373751 KW - Regionalism KW - Regionalism KW - Colonies SN - 9784866581262 SN - 4866581263 TI - Empire of the seas :thinking about Asia / ER -