In the centuries leading up to our own, the volume of traffic across Asian sea routes—an area stretching from East Africa and the Middle East to Japan—exploded, eventually making them the busiest in the world. The result was a massive circulation of people, commodities, religion, culture, technology, and ideas. In this book, Eric Tagliacozzo chronicles how the seas and oceans of Asia have shaped the history of the largest continent for the past half millennium, leaving an indelible mark on the modern world in the process.
Paying special attention to migration, trade, the environment, and cities, In Asian Waters examines the long history of contact between China and East Africa; the spread of Hinduism and Buddhism across the Bay of Bengal; and the intertwined histories of Islam and Christianity in the Philippines. The book illustrates how India became central to the spice trade; how the Indian Ocean became a “British lake” between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries; and how lighthouses and sea mapping played important roles in imperialism. The volume ends by asking what may happen if China comes to rule the waves of Asia, as Britain once did.
A novel account showing how Asian history can be seen as a whole when seen from the water, In Asian Waters presents a voyage into a past that is still alive in the present.
0 有用 後東塾III 2022-11-30 10:46:47 中国香港
The topic can be more exciting.
1 有用 CrytonSH 2022-10-26 14:33:52 江苏
很有意思的书,对于了解近代的印度洋贸易有所裨益
0 有用 捐玦 2024-03-15 17:58:52 北京
怎么不算读过呢。
0 有用 哆啦美 2023-01-25 23:34:56 黎巴嫩
It is simply bad: grasshopper? No sooner is an issue touched upon than it is abandoned; has some erroneous claims and misleading remarks; his sort of “fieldwork” is neither systematic nor sophisticate... It is simply bad: grasshopper? No sooner is an issue touched upon than it is abandoned; has some erroneous claims and misleading remarks; his sort of “fieldwork” is neither systematic nor sophisticated - more like “I have tried to let the subaltern speak into the records, so that their voices are heard” (展开)
2 有用 王大福 2023-01-27 11:15:57 美国
除了讲灯塔技术的第十二章和海道测量的第十三章,其他章节基本是大型文献综述,穿插着零星史料翻译和旅游见闻,比如“我在坦桑尼亚海滩上采访商贩时脚丫子被明代瓷器碎片割了”这种见闻。算是合格的环西太平洋-印度洋旅游推广。
0 有用 捐玦 2024-03-15 17:58:52 北京
怎么不算读过呢。
2 有用 王大福 2023-01-27 11:15:57 美国
除了讲灯塔技术的第十二章和海道测量的第十三章,其他章节基本是大型文献综述,穿插着零星史料翻译和旅游见闻,比如“我在坦桑尼亚海滩上采访商贩时脚丫子被明代瓷器碎片割了”这种见闻。算是合格的环西太平洋-印度洋旅游推广。
0 有用 哆啦美 2023-01-25 23:34:56 黎巴嫩
It is simply bad: grasshopper? No sooner is an issue touched upon than it is abandoned; has some erroneous claims and misleading remarks; his sort of “fieldwork” is neither systematic nor sophisticate... It is simply bad: grasshopper? No sooner is an issue touched upon than it is abandoned; has some erroneous claims and misleading remarks; his sort of “fieldwork” is neither systematic nor sophisticated - more like “I have tried to let the subaltern speak into the records, so that their voices are heard” (展开)
0 有用 後東塾III 2022-11-30 10:46:47 中国香港
The topic can be more exciting.
2 有用 普林斯顿读书汇 2022-11-28 11:23:43 北京
本书记录了亚洲的海洋在过去五百年间如何塑造了这个区域的历史,以及如何给现代世界留下了印记——那条从东非和中东延伸至日本的海上通道曾是世界上最繁忙的航线之一,人口、商品、宗教、文化、技术和思想通过这一通道大规模流通。 本书特别关注移民、贸易、环境和城市,作者考察了中国与东非交往的悠久历史、印度教与佛教在孟加拉湾的传播、以及伊斯兰教与基督教在菲律宾交织的历史。本书阐述了印度如何成为香料贸易的中心、英国... 本书记录了亚洲的海洋在过去五百年间如何塑造了这个区域的历史,以及如何给现代世界留下了印记——那条从东非和中东延伸至日本的海上通道曾是世界上最繁忙的航线之一,人口、商品、宗教、文化、技术和思想通过这一通道大规模流通。 本书特别关注移民、贸易、环境和城市,作者考察了中国与东非交往的悠久历史、印度教与佛教在孟加拉湾的传播、以及伊斯兰教与基督教在菲律宾交织的历史。本书阐述了印度如何成为香料贸易的中心、英国如何在17和19世纪间成为印度洋的霸主,以及灯塔和海洋测绘在帝国主义扩张中发挥了怎样的作用等。在书的末尾,本书还回应了一个问题:如果中国像英国曾经做的那样统治亚洲,历史会和现在有何不同? (展开)