"This revealing portrait of the Dutch Empire repositions our understanding of modern empires from the terrestrial to the oceanic. It highlights the importance of shipping, port cities, and maritime culture to the political struggles of the 1920s and 30s. Port cities such as Jeddah, Shanghai, and...

British economic interests and the international order of Asia in the 1930s / Shigeru Akita -- British imperialism in Asia and Anglo-Japanese relations, 1930s-1950s / Yoichi Kibata -- The formation of an industrialization-oriented monetary order in East Asia / Kaoru Sugihara -- The...