The Transformation of Local Societies based upon Asian-Networks in the Age of Modern Globalization: The Case of Java's Port-Cities

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24242022
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Historical studies in general
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: Kagotani Naoto 京都大学, 地球環境学堂, 教授 (70185734)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): CHEN Laixing 兵庫県立大学, 国際経済学科, 教授 (00227357) ; UEMURA Yasuo 広島大学, 大学院文学研究科, 名誉教授 (40127056) ; IWAI Shigeki 京都大学, 人文科学研究所, 教授 (40167276) ; HIROSUE Masashi 立教大学, 文学部, 教授 (40208872) ; SHIROYAMA Tomoko 東京大学, 大学院経済学研究科, 教授 (60281763) ; SHIMADA Ryuto 東京大学, 大学院人文社会系研究科, 准教授 (80435106)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: グローバリゼーション / 東洋史 / 日本史

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research aims to show influences longitudinally and empirically that the progress of globalization after the 17th century had upon local societies in a region, with special reference to three port-cities (Batavia, Sumarang and Surabaya) on the island of Java in Southeast Asia. The study drew chiefly upon few multilingual archival sources. In this, we could find thatthe Java's port-cities had created specific urban economies and societies via inflows of people, commodities, monies and information while having become Asian network-hubs connecting and integrating the inland societies and the world economy since the early modern times.

Free Research Field

経済史