Preface to the English Edition
Prologue Pacific Region Could Flourish as Oceanic Republic
1 Early Modern Japan and the Road Not Taken
The Age of Discover
Similarities and Differences
Early Modern Edo Society
Seeking a Synthesis
2 An Oceanic History of Civilization
1. The World Historical Viewpoint
From World History to Global History
Leaving the Land for the Sea
Modern Civilization and Maritime Asia
2. Shifting our Perspective from Land to Sea
Historical Materialism and Ecological History
Landlocked Views of History
Importance of the Sea
Time to Adopt an Oceanic Historical Perspective
3 The Rise of Maritaime Asia
The Unjust _Barbarian Asia_ Thesis
From the Mongol Invasions to Japanese Pirates
Information on Japan Opens the Way to the Age of Great Voyages
The Black Death Crisis in Fourteenth Century Europe
Modern Europe and Japan Develop through Trade with Maritime Asia
4 The Fourteenth Century Crisis and Southeast Asia
(1) The Shared Fourteenth Century Crisis
The Black Death: Europe_s Population Reduced by One Third
The Plague in the Middle East and China
The Medicinal value of Pepper and Spices
(2) The Shared Experience of Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia as the Nucleus of Maritime Asia
(3) Southeast Asia
The Region known as _Southeast Asia_
Malacca - A Major Center of International Trade
Southeast Asia as the Starting Point of Modern World History
5 The Christian and Islamic Civilizations
A Lecture by Prince Charles
(1) The Legacy of the Arab Agricultural Revolution
The _Green Revolution_ in the Middle East
The Diffusion of Islamic Civilization
(2) Dynamic Interaction between the Islamic and Christian Civilizations
Europe Regenerated by Islam
What is Europe?
The End of the Age of European History as _World History_
6 Historical Periods from the Oceanic Perspective
(1) The Making of Ancient Europe
The Mediterranean Origins of European History
(2) The Establishment of Medieval Europe
External Pressure from Islam - The Mediterranean Blockade
(3) The Establishment of Early Modern Europe
The Mediterranean Revival
Europe s Inroads into the Indian Ocean
Colonization of the Mughal Empire
(4) The Position of Japan
Modern European Civilization and Japan_s Policy of National Seclusion
Philip II and Toyotomi Hideyoshi
The Escape from Dependence on Asia
The Emergence of Production-Based Society
7 Maritime Asia and Europe
(1) The Three-Cornered Indian Ocean Trade Network
Three-Cornered Trade by Islamic Merchants
The Struggle for Supremacy over the Transit Trade
The Flow of Silver from Europe to India
The India-Spice Islands Cotton Trade Route
The Spice Islands_The Moluccas, Java, and Borneo
The Stable Demand for Pepper in Europe
(2) Indian Cotton
The British East India Company
The Cotton Craze in Britain
The Background to the Diffusion of Indian Cotton
The Clothing Revolution Caused by Indian Cotton
The Crisis in the Traditional Textile Industry
8 Maritime Asia and the Industrial Revolution
(1) The Influx of Indian Cotton
The Calico Prohibition Laws
Imitation of Indian Cotton and the Development of the Cotton Printing Industry
Development of the Cotton Market in the Pan-Atlantic Region
The Ascendancy of Indian Cotton
(2) The Rise of the British Textile Industry
The Development of Spinning Techniques
Success in the Production of Muslin
(3) The Three-Cornered Atlantic Trade Network
The Importance of Long-Staple Raw Cotton
The Shift from Short-Staple Cotton from the Old World to Long-Staple Cotton from the New World
Indian Cotton Outstripped by British Cotton
9 Maritime Asia and Early Modern Japan
(1) Japan and the Song, Mongol and Ming Dynasties
China_A Vast Repository of Goods and Cultures
The Cultures Brought to Japan in Tally Ships
(2) Japan under _National Seclusion_ and Western Europe
Japanese Awareness of _National Seclusion_
Establishment of a Self-Sufficient Economy
Japanese-Style Chinese Concepts
The Creation of a _Mini-Chinese Empire_
Social Revolution and Domestic Production
The Industrial Revolution and the _Industrious Revolution_
The Escape from Asia by Early Modern Japan and Europe
10 The Emergence of the Japanese Economic Bloc
The Elimination of Imported Currency at the End of the Seventeenth Century
Japan_s Role as a Supplier of Silver
Japan_s Epoch-Making Copper Coin Supply Capacity
China_s Achilles Heel_The Shortage of Copper
Japan Independently Adopts the Gold Standard in the Edo Period
Separation of Ownership and Management Earlier than In the West
The Bankruptcy of Marx_s Theory of Economic Development
British Capitalism: Business Administration Based on Large Landowning
Shibusawa and Godai were not Large Landowners
The Limitations of the British Model in _Otsuka_s History_
Development Resulting from the Samurai_s _Freedom of Non-ownership_
11 A World Order Dominated by the Gun
Japan and China Disarm as Europe Enters the Age of Great Military Powers
The Dramatic Change of Course from Expansion to Reduction of Armaments
The Abandonment of the Gun and Reversion to the Sword in Tokugawa Japan
12 International Law Based on the Global Reality of War
Disarmament based on Moral Politics versus Expansion of Armaments based on Power Politics
The Meiji Restoration: Japan_s Conversion from Moral Politics to Power Politics
13 Beyond Wealth and Military Power
(1) A Grand Plan for Building the Nation
Yokoi Sh_an_s Advocacy of Fukoku Ky_ei
The Anachronism of the Military state
Shonan_s High National Ideal
Realizing the Ideal Life
(2) The Grand Design for National Development in the 21st Century
The Creation of a Beautiful Garden Island
The Concept of Multi-axis National Land and Development of Natural Residential Regions
True Psychological Independence from the United States
14 Garden Island Japan
(1) The Mighty West versus Beautiful Japan
The Image of Beautiful Japan
The Highly Civilized Japanese
The Blessings of Nature and Beautiful Scenery
(2) The Renaissance of Beautiful Japan
A Mountain Dwelling in the City
Tea Culture and Landscaping Gardening in Modern Britain
(3) A Garden Island in the Pacific Ocean
The Ancient Concept of the Island as a Garden
Making the West Pacific Region a Yen Bloc
