2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Malay Waters in Transition: Migration, Trade, and Modernity, 1760-1840
| Project/Area Number |
24820030
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Asian history
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| Research Institution | Hiroshima University |
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Principal Investigator |
ATSUSHI Ota 広島大学, 文学研究科, 准教授 (50634375)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2012-08-31 – 2014-03-31
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| Keywords | マレー海域 / 貿易 / 海賊 / 移民 |
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| Research Abstract |
In the Malay Waters, the 1760s-1840s, which falls on the end of independent indigenous states and the beginning of colonial states, has been considered to be the period of decline and confusion. If we focus not on states but on migration and trade, the period was rather a booming period, which witnessed the strong trade with China, and concomitant active migration. As major exports shifts from the limited precious natural products in the earlier times to the mass-consuption items such as marine and forest products, local society in many places was linked to the world market and became more strongly market-oriented. It is possible to conclude that these changes meant a form of modernity, which did not necessarily result from Western impacts.
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