The book examines the social and economic changes in south Fukien (Fujian) on the southeast coast of China during late imperial times. Faced with land shortages

With the Fujian coast at its center, this book reveals the intellectual, migratory and gendered relationships that tied Fijian to the Chinese imperial domain an

The present volume, composed of six contributions by different scholars, seeks to show the intensity of exchange relations and trading networks in the early mod

Powerful new history of Vietnam over two millennia arguing that key political changes resulted from the impact of the sea.