Seaways and Gatekeepers: Trade and State in the Eastern Archipelagos of Southeast Asia, c.1600–c.1906

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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. In addition to the more obvious polities of maritime and mainland Southeast Asia, the database also includes references to many Yunnan Tai polities that have since been incorporated within the Chinese state. Forged from a partnership between a university press and a library, Project MUSE is a trusted part of the academic and scholarly community it serves. The E-Press includes reference material, archaeological site reports and data, as well as materials supplemental to books published in the traditional manner.c.1906 explores the trade activities and how trading provides the integrating framework for local and regional histories that cover more than 300 years, from the late 16th century to the beginning of the 20th, when new technologies and changing markets signalled Western dominance.

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The eastern archipelagos stretch from Mindanao and Sulu in the north to Bali in the southwest and New Guinea in the southeast. At the same time, the author sought to convey a sense of the specific characters of individual islands and settings. Access options Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. Art of the Ancestors does not receive a commission should any of our readers purchase the aforementioned book. But much smaller, yet often complex societies were more typical of the region: apparently isolated beachfront settlements, raiders’ strongholds and coastal rajadoms.