Early Modern Asia and the World History of Sugar: An International Research on Sugar Production, Trade and Consumption Culture

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15H03230
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Historical studies in general
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: Shimada Ryuto 東京大学, 大学院人文社会系研究科(文学部), 准教授 (80435106)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 守川 知子 東京大学, 大学院人文社会系研究科(文学部), 准教授 (00431297) ; 八百 啓介 北九州市立大学, 文学部, 教授 (20212269) ; 太田 淳 慶應義塾大学, 経済学部(三田), 准教授 (50634375)
• Research Collaborator: Kanumoyoso Bondan University of Indonesia ; Jha Murari Kumar Nalanda University ; Knaap Gerrit Huygens Instituut voor Nederlandse Geschiedenis ; Koo Hui-wen National Taiwan University ; Nadri Ghulam A. Georgia State University ; Souza George Bryan University of Texas at San Antonio ; Xu Guanmian Leiden University
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 砂糖 / 東インド会社 / プランテーション / 消費文化 / 近世アジア / 交流史 / グローバル・ヒストリー / 比較史

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research project analyzed a variety of dynamic transformation of Asian societies and the connections of Asian societies with other Asian societies and the world economy during the early modern period from the 17th to the 18th centuries, when the globalization proceeded just before the industrialization and colonization globally began on a large scale since the mid-19th century. For this purpose, the project investigated a sample set of the production, trade and consumption culture of sugar in Asia. Finally, based on the research on the cases of sugar and others, the project examined the significance of Asian societies in the early modern period from global history perspectives.

Free Research Field

東洋史学