Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Plates 1-20 -- Introduction -- 1. Southeast Asia Between India and China -- 2. Rise and Fall of the Southeast Asian "Charter" Kingdoms -- 3. Islamic Courts and Maritime Trading Ports -- 4. The Tribute Trade System and Chinese Diasporas -- 5. Commerce, Currencies, and Commodities -- 6. The Iberian Maritime Networks -- 7. Hegemonic Sequence: Enter the Dutch and English Trading Companies -- 8. Nihon-Machi: Japanese Diasporic Communities of Southeast Asia -- 9. The Intra-Asian Bullion Trade Economy Networks -- 10. East-Southeast Asia in the Global Ceramic Trade Networks -- 11. Knowledge Transfers: A Regional Technology Complex? -- Conclusion -- References -- Further Reading -- Index.