{"product_id":"empireofthewinds","title":"Empire of the Winds","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePhilip Bowring\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9781350162341\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Global Role of Asia’s Great Archipelago\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNusantaria – often referred to as 'Maritime Southeast Asia' – is the world's largest archipelago and has, for centuries, been a vital cultural and trading hub. Nusantara, a Sanskrit, then Malay, word referring to an island realm, is here adapted to become Nusantaria - denoting a slightly wider world but one with a single linguistic, cultural and trading base. Nusantaria encompasses the lands and shores created by the melting of the ice following the last Ice Age. These have long been primarily the domain of the Austronesian-speaking peoples and their seafaring traditions. The surrounding waters have always been uniquely important as a corridor connecting East Asia to India, the Middle East, Europe and Africa. In this book, Philip Bowring provides a history of the world's largest and most important archipelago and its adjacent coasts. He tells the story of the peoples and lands located at this crucial maritime and cultural crossroads, from its birth following the last Ice Age to today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1. Child of a Drowned Parent\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2. Nusantaria's Defining Features and Early People\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3. To Babylon and Back\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4. Ghosts of Early Empires\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5. Culture from India, Goods from China\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6. Srivijaya: Vanished Great Mandala\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7. Java Takes Centre Stage\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8. Tamil Tigers of Trade \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9. Champa: Master of the East Sea\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10. Malagasy Genes and African Echoes \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e11. China Raises its Head \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12. The Majapahit Good Life\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e13. Tremble and Obey: the Zheng He Voyages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e14. Nails, Dowels and Improbable Ships \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e15. Malay Melaka's Lasting Legacy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e16. The Northern Outliers\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e17. Islam's Great Leap East\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e18. Nusantaria: Holed near the Waterline\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e19. Barangays and Baybayin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e20. Makassar, Bugis and Freedom of the Seas\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e21. Where Kings Reign but Priests Rule\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e22. The Sulu Factor: Trading, Raiding, Slaving\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e23. Nusantaria's Existential Crisis \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e24. Labour, Capital, Kongsi: The Power of the Chinese \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e25. High Noon of Occupation\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e26. Empty Lands No Longer\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e27. Freedom, Fears and the Future\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"I.B. Tauris","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":30926877425699,"sku":"9781350162341","price":46.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2514\/8624\/products\/2de87f9f36842e5f31fc264ac5a165856b0be8d2.jpg?v=1571661431","url":"https:\/\/wardahbooks.mom\/products\/empireofthewinds","provider":"Wardah Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}