The resurgence of East Asia : 500, 150 and 50 year perspectives / edited by Giovanni Arrighi, Takeshi Hamashita, and Mark Selden.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The rise of East Asia in regional and world historical perspective / Giovanni Arrighi, Takeshi Hamashita, Mark Selden -- Tribute and treaties: maritime Asia and treaty port networks in the era of negotiation, 1800-1900 / Takeshi Hamashita -- A frontier view of Chineseness / Peter C. Perdue -- The East Asian path of economic development: a long-term perspective / Kaoru Sugihara -- Women's work, family, and economic development in Europe and East Asia: long-term trajectories and contemporary comparisons / Kenneth Pomeranz -- The importance of commerce in the organization of China's late imperial economy / Gary G. Hamilton, Wei-An Chang -- Japan, technology and Asian regionalism in comparative perspective / Peter J. Katzenstein -- Historical capitalism, East and West /