{"id":2582,"date":"2018-03-06T14:47:50","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T05:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www-archive.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/ipcr\/?p=2582"},"modified":"2019-03-14T23:32:05","modified_gmt":"2019-03-14T14:32:05","slug":"fy2017iv-3nishimura","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www-archive.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/ipcr\/en\/fy2017iv-3nishimura\/","title":{"rendered":"IV-3. “The Transformation of Economies in Southeast Asia under Colonial Regimes: A Comparative Historical Study” (H28-29 FY2016-2017)"},"content":{"rendered":"
In the first year, we invited researchers of African, Chinese and Indian studies, as well as to those of the Southeast Asian economic history, to report at the seminars of this research project. They gave us very beneficial suggestions. In the second year, we plan to discuss Southeast Asian economic history in the context of global history. Similar to the first year, we plan to analyze mainly primary source materials. It is our plan to hold seminars at least twice in the second year. Finally, each participant is expected to incorporate the findings from these seminars into his or her work.<\/p>\n
Studies of Southeast Asian economic history are diversifying quite rapidly in terms of the cases, regions, and eras that researchers focus on. In the past, for example, a specific region was selected as a subject of study without giving heed to regions out of the researcher\u2019s area of expertise. This approach is becoming more rare. Today, the whole Southeast Asia region is regarded as an \u201centity\u201d to be considered within the context of the global history and to be compared with other regions in order to identify its special traits. We plan to bridge the studies of Southeast Asian economic history with the economic histories of other regions that are deemed to be more advanced. In other words, we provide an overview of the Southeast Asian economy from a broader perspective of world history.<\/p>\n
It is said that territorial control intensified in Southeast Asia starting from around the 1870s, during which time the regional economy was restructured as a colonial economy. However, this did not simply mean that Western powers absorbed the regional economy into the colonial economy, but rather, as some recent research maintains, each of the regional economies responded to the impact of colonization by expressing its own autonomy.<\/p>\n
In the second year, we will explore the Southeast Asian economy from the viewpoint of global history much further, and at the same time, we will continue to promote the analysis of primary source materials. We hope that this project will prove to be the beginning of a further development of the study of Southeast Asian economic history.<\/p>\n
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