Asian Transitions in an Age of Global Change
The Asian Sea-Trading
Network,
c. 1500
The Portuguese Response to the Encounter at Calicut
The Rise of the Dutch and English Trading Empires
The European Tribute Systems in Asia
The Missionary Enterprise in South and Southeast Asia
The Early Impact of Europeans in Maritime Asia
Another Scholar-Gentry Revival
Hongwu's Efforts to Root Out Abuses in Court Politics
A Return to Scholar-Gentry Social Dominance
Scholar-Gentry Social Dominance
Agriculture, Population, Commerce
Means and Motive in Overseas Expansion
Japan's Reunification and the First Challenge
Dealing with the European Challenge
Japan's Self-Imposed Isolation
Conclusion: Asia and the First Phase of Europe's Global Expansion.