{"id":1011,"date":"2017-02-22T15:48:16","date_gmt":"2017-02-22T06:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www-archive.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/ipcr\/?p=1011"},"modified":"2017-02-22T15:48:16","modified_gmt":"2017-02-22T06:48:16","slug":"fy2016iv-12nishimura","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www-archive.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/ipcr\/en\/fy2016iv-12nishimura\/","title":{"rendered":"IV-12. “The Transformation of Economies in Southeast Asia under Colonial Regimes: A Comparative Historical Study” (H28 FY2016)"},"content":{"rendered":"
We will examine various community changes and transformations in merchant activities under colonial regimes. Primary sources will be analyzed and study groups will be held at least twice annually, with all participants presenting and discussing their findings from a comparative historical perspective. We will identify the characteristics of local economies and merchant activities in Southeast Asia, as well as the roles they played in the global economy. Through comparisons with similar cases in Africa, we will distinguish the unique characteristics of Southeast Asian colonial economic history.<\/p>\n
Beginning in the 1870s, regional domination of Southeast Asia was reinforced and local economies were quickly restructured under colonial regimes. Recent research has shown that each of these economies was not simply subsumed, however, but enjoyed a certain level of autonomy in the production of goods for global markets under the initiative of merchants. In this study, we will identify aspects that have not been fully considered in prior research. The study will shed light on the transformation of local economies in Southeast Asia under colonial regimes within the larger frameworks of global economic history and colonial economic history, and investigate whether there were certain universalities in the experience of Southeast Asia. By comparing Southeast Asian cases with those from other regions, we expect to provide a new interpretation of the position of Southeast Asian economies in the global market during the colonial era.<\/p>\n
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