Empire of the Winds

Philip Bowring is a journalist and author based in Asia since 1973. He was formerly Editor of the Far Eastern Economic Review and correspondent for the Financial Times and Wall Street Journal, columnist for the International Herald Tribune, and contributor to the Guardian and South China Morning Post. He graduated in History from Cambridge University and is a student of the history and economy of maritime Asia.

List of Maps and Illustrations
Glossary
Preface
Introduction
1. Child of a Drowned Parent
2. Nusantaria's Defining Features and Early People
3. To Babylon and Back
4. Ghosts of Early Empires
5. Culture from India, Goods from China
6. Srivijaya: Vanished Great Mandala
7. Java Takes Centre Stage
8. Tamil Tigers of Trade
9. Champa: Master of the East Sea
10. Malagasy Genes and African Echoes
11. China Raises its Head
12. The Majapahit Good Life
13. Tremble and Obey: The Zheng He Voyages
14. Nails, Dowels and Improbable Ships
15. Malay Melaka's Lasting Legacy
16. The Northern Outliers
17. Islam's Great Leap East
18. Nusantaria: Holed near the Waterline
19. Barangays and Baybayin
20. Makassar, Bugis and Freedom of the Seas
21. Where Kings Reign but Priests Rule
22. The Sulu Factor: Trading, Raiding, Slaving
23. Nusantaria's Existential Crisis
24. Labour, Capital, Kongsi: The Power of the Chinese
25. High Noon of Occupation
26. Empty Lands No Longer
27. Freedom, Fears and the Future
Notes
Bibliography
Index