This book attempts to reveal historical dynamism of transforming contemporary Maritime Asia and to identify key driving forces or agencies for the evolution and transformation of Maritime Asia in the context of global history studies. It seeks to accomplish these goals by connecting different experiences in Maritime Asia both historically from the late early-modern to the present and spatially covering both East and Southeast Asia.

Introduction.- Part I Maritime History during the Late Early-Modern and Modern Eras.- Surveying and Mapping the Japanese Archipelago in the 19th Century.- The Rise of Silver Dollars: Changing pattern of silver use in 19th century Vietnam.- The Link between Global Market Change and Local Strategy: The case of Vietnamese Cinnamon in the 18th and 19th Century.- Revisiting Theories on the Collapse of the Indian Ocean Maritime Region.- Bilbao merchant and their Trade in the Eighteenth Century: The View of the Private Company and the Privileged Company.- Part II Maritime Asia in Contemporary Eras.- Modern China's Imagining of the Nanyang and the Construction of Transnational Asia, with a focus on The Journal of the Nanyang Archipelago Commercial Study Association.- Sergei Witte and the shipping associations: Rethinking the Russian Empire from a maritimeviewpoint.- Itinerary, Revolution, and Port Cities: Comparative Study on Maritime Port Cities as Arenas for Asian Revolutionary Movements.- ASPAC or ASEAN? : Institutional Evolution and Survival in Contemporary Maritime Asia.