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Book SynopsisThis insightful book draws upon a wide range of disciplines â political economy, geography and international relations â to examine how Asia has returned to its central position in the world economy.
Trade Review'This intensive monograph, The Asian Mediterranean
, is a great synthesis of East-West Maritime worlds under emerging global world. Professor Gipouloux has combined historical studies on global maritime seas with regional economic studies on Asia. He also integrates historical interaction between maritime seas and coastal port cities by creating the imaginative geo-economical concept of the ''East Asian economic corridor'', running between Vladivostok and Singapore and locating China, Japan and Southeast Asia into this maritime area. To attain this goal, Professor Gipouloux globalises China through north-south, east-west and past-present combinations, using cross disciplinary approaches -- political economy, geography and international relations -- under wide historical perspectives. The Asian Mediterranean
opens a new horizon to look into Asia from a global perspective and at the same time, reminds us of the connection beyond contrast between East and West.' --Takeshi Hamashita, Tokyo University, Japan and Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
'This excellent and very original book will help to a better understanding on the long run dynamics of a region that is today taking more and more importance in the world economy, and a major contribution to the internal renewal of the social sciences, that need to overcome their traditional eurocentric point of view. François Gipouloux is a very bright geographer and economist. . . I am sure that The Asian Mediterranean will open the way to other further steps, and will have an important impact on an international English-reading scholarly public.' --Maurice Aymard, Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, France
'Gipouloux's narrative is clear and accessible, and his conclusions are innovative and insightful. This short review can barely scratch the surface of this impressively sophisticated study.' --S.C. Levi, Choice
Table of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction: The ‘Mediterraneans’ of Europe and Asia Part I: Two Models of Expansion Without Borders: The European Mediterraneans 1. The Mediterraneans and Global Expansion 2. Long Distance Trade and Urban Sovereignty: The Competitive Model of the Mediterranean at the Time of the Repubbliche Marinare 3. The Hanseatic League: A Model of Cooperation on the Baltic Sea Part II: Early Outlines of an Asian Mediterranean: The Predominance of Tributary Trade 4. Asian Trading Kingdoms and Independent Urban Entities: From the 7th to the 17th Century 5. The Organisation of Trade in Asia: The Weight of Government Monopolies 6. Tributary Trade and Unofficial Trade 7. Japan’s Place in Intra-Asian Trade: Resisting Chinese Hegemony 8. The Asian Maritime System Part III: The Overlapping of Western and Asian Trading Networks 9. European Expansion or Asian Force of Attraction? 10. Forced Openings and Treaty Ports 11. The Cosmopolitanism of Asian Trade Networks Part IV: The Arena of Re-globalisation: The Second Birth of the Asian Mediterranean 12. Chinese Coastal Cities Confronting the Challenge of Globalisation 13. The East Asian Manufacturing Belt 14. Hong Kong versus Shanghai: Rivalry between Middlemen 15. Competition between Logistic Hubs in Asia 16. Hong Kong, Shanghai, or Peking: Where Will China’s International Financial Centre be Located? Part V: The Asian Mediterranean and the Challenges to State Sovereignty 17. Transnational Regions and the East Asian Economic Corridor: An Asian Mediterranean 18. The Asian Mediterranean and the Reshaping of China’s Economic Space 19. Local Protectionism and Trade Wars: Market Fragmentation in China 20. China’s Power Base Shifts Back Towards the Sea Conclusion Bibliography Index
