{"product_id":"9789819610068","title":"History of the British Empire from Asian Perspectives","description":"\u003ch3\u003eStudies in Economic History\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eHistory of the British Empire from Asian Perspectives\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eShigeru Akita\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolitical Science \/ Globalization\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book presents the history of the British Empire as the “Bridge” for creating a Global History, especially emphasizing its connections with Asian regions. The United Kingdom ruled most of the world in the nineteenth century. Its influence spread around the globe in various forms – in the white settlements such as those in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand (Dominions), in Asian and African regions represented by present-day India, in colonies acquired by military force (Dependencies), and in other regions under its economic influence through trade and investment (the informal empire). Thus, the British Empire played a key role in nineteenth-century globalization.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eThere are many books on the British Empire in English. However, no books from Asian perspectives have interpreted it as “the means used by Asian countries for their own economic development” (and as providers of “international public goods”). Along with the East Asian economic resurgence, the weight of the global system and the world economy has now largely shifted from the Atlantic world to the Asia-Pacific region, encompassing India, as well as the Pacific coast of the United States. The global depression in 2008 accelerated this trend. We now face the task of building a new interpretation of world history with a clearer understanding of this upheaval. Redrawing world history is not an easy task but a good starting point would be to analyze the mutual relationship between the British Empire and the Asian regions, and this can be done by interpreting the historical significance of the British Empire.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAkita Shigeru is Designated Professor of Institute of Laser Engineering, and Emeritus Professor of Graduate School of Humanities, Osaka University. He was born in Hiroshima Prefecture in 1958, graduated from Hiroshima University (BA in History in 1981; MA in History in 1983), and received a PhD in History in 2003 from Osaka University.　 Akita was president of the Asian Association of World Historians (AAWH) (2015-2022), and president of the East Asian Association of British History (EAABH) (2018-2024). He is the fellow of the Royal Historical Society (UK) and sits on the editorial boards of the \u003cem\u003eJournal of Imperial \u0026amp; Commonwealth History\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eJournal of Global History\u003c\/em\u003e.　In June 2004, he was awarded the Twentieth Ohira Memorial Prize by the Ohira Memorial Foundation, and in July 2013 received the Fourteenth Yomiuri-Yoshino Sakuzo Prize from the Yomiuri Newspaper and Chuo-Koron Shinsha. In 2022 he received the Japanese government’s Medal with Purple Ribbon.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eHe has been working on several projects on “Creating Global History from Asian Perspectives” through global economic history. His major publications include (Ed.) \u003cem\u003eAmerican Empire in Global History\u003c\/em\u003e (Routledge, 2022), \u003cem\u003eFrom Empires to Development Aid\u003c\/em\u003e (Nagoya U.P., 2017, in Japanese), and (Ed.) \u003cem\u003eOil Crises of the 1970s and the Transformation of International Order: Economy, Development and Aid in Asia and Africa\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e(Bloomsbury Academic, 2023).\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e08 March 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer Nature Singapore\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9789819610068\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e136\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Nature Singapore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51031595352204,"sku":"9789819610068","price":125.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9789819610068.jpg?v=1782482774","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9789819610068","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}