The Southeast Asia Connection: Trade and Polities in the Eurasian World Economy, 500 BC–AD 500

Synopsis

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-- Southeast Asia In World History -- Macro Historical Considerations And World System History -- One Early Southeast Asia -- Global Linkages : The First Eurasian World System -- Southeast Asia In The Maritime Eurasian World Economy -- Political Transformations In Southeast Asia Methodological Reprise. Sing C. Chew. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.