Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. MAPS vii
4. TABLES & FIGURES viii
5. PREFACE ix
6. Contributors xi
7. 1. Introduction: Maritime Interactions in Eastern Asia 1
8. 2. The Periodization of Southeast Asian History, in Comparison with that of Northeast Asia 16
9. 3. Merchants, Envoys, Brokers and Pirates: Hokkien Connections in Pre-modern Maritime Asia 53
10. 4. An Asian Commercial Ecumene, 900–1300 76
11. 5. The Japanese Archipelago and Maritime Asia from the 9th to the 14th Centuries 112
12. 6. Saltpetre Trade and Warfare in Early Modern Asia 130
13. 7. Shaping Maritime East Asia in the 15th and 16th Centuries through Chosŏn Korea 185
14. 8. Shipwreck Salvage and Survivors’ Repatriation Networks of the East Asian Rim in the Qing Dynasty 211
15. 9. Wei Zhiyan and the Subversion of the Sakoku 236
16. 10. Metal Exports and Textile Imports of Tokugawa Japan in the 17th Century: The South Asian Connection 259
17. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS CITED 277
18. Index 333