These book are fine to give as gifts New: New books are in mint condition, normally sourced directly from publishers. These were, most notably, the seafaring Sultanates of the Southern Philippines, the riverine polities of East Borneo, the spice-trading kingdoms of Ternate and Tidore, powerful Makassar on Southwest Sulawesi (the Celebes) and Bali’s Indian-influenced realms.

This work, by Geoff Wade, identifies all of 3000+ references to Southeast Asia contained within the Ming Dynasty reign annals, and provides them to readers in English-language translation. The author became intrigued by the enduring paradoxes between separation and connection, between exchange and autonomy, and between low levels of political organisation and ties to transoceanic commercial networks. It combines narrative text and downloadable data and images in a new online format, the first of its kind from a historical Southeast Asian site. Please list any fees and grants from, employment by, consultancy for, shared ownership in or any close relationship with, at any time over the preceding 36 months, any organisation whose interests may be affected by the publication of the response.In 1974, Sutherland joined the faculty of the Department of Cultural Anthropology and Non-Western Sociology at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam as a " lector" (equivalent to associate professor). There will be no stains or markings on the book, the cover is clean and crisp, the book will look unread, the only marks there may be are slight bumping marks to the edges of the book where it may have been on a shelf previously. While working on the history of an east Indonesian port city, Makassar, the author had been first impressed by the systematic documentation of its trade, and then shocked to realise how little she knew about the wider region. If they were named, they were usually plucked out of context and presented as anonymous suppliers of spices, fragrant timbers and pepper to contending European fleets. She was officially inducted into the teaching position on 22 October 1976 as she delivered her inaugural lecture.

If this is the first time you used this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your Dropbox account. It has resonance for a wide readership and could easily sit as a core textbook for studies on South East Asia, providing as it does a useful source of comparison on European encounters with non-European Others. Access options Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. But much smaller, yet often complex societies were more typical of the region: apparently isolated beachfront settlements, raiders’ strongholds and coastal rajadoms. What will the upcoming 20th Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) bring, and what will the next decade of CPC rule look like?Journal, Memorials and Letters of Cornelis Matelieff de Jonge: Security, Diplomacy and Commerce in 17th-Century Southeast Asia Biography and Autobiography, Economics and Political Science, Southeast Asia, Southeast Asian Studies RM166. In some cases, generalisations are buttressed by suggestions of further reading; if these became too long, the author simply refers to the bibliography, giving the author’s surname and short title. Please also list any non-financial associations or interests (personal, professional, political, institutional, religious or other) that a reasonable reader would want to know about in relation to the submitted work.

An online presentation of more than 250 archival images (and growing) of the eastern archipelagoes of Southeast Asia.Used-Very Good: The book will be clean without any major stains or markings, the spine will be in excellent shape with only minor creasing, no pages will be missing and the cover is likely to be very clean. At the same time, the author sought to convey a sense of the specific characters of individual islands and settings. This book presents theories from the social sciences and economics that can help liberate scholars from dependence on states as narrative frameworks. These centres, large and small, connected fishing communities, inland foragers and shifting cultivators to exchange systems stretching as far as Europe, India, China and Japan. If you are not happy with the quality of your book for any reason, we offer a 100% money back guarantee for 30 days after purchase.

To save this article to your Google Drive account, please select one or more formats and confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. Believing Is Seeing: Perspectives on Political Power and Economic Activity in the Malay World 1700–1940". In using your information, NUS Press will follow our privacy policies, under the provisions of Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Act.Moreover, the usual themes in the historical grand narrative of maritime Southeast Asia—state formation, the rise and fall of regimes, the transformative role of European trade—seemed too abstract and dismissive of the local agency. Margolyes described Sutherland as an " introvert" [11] and the secret to their lasting relationship as "not living together. Publication Name: Seaways and Gatekeepers: Trade and State in the Eastern Archipelagos of Southeast Asia, c. Indeed, some of the world’s most prized commodities once came from territories which were either “stateless” or under the very tenuous control of loosely structured polities.