Ryûkyû in world history

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Aus dem Inhalt: Josef KREINER: Ryukyuan History in Comparative Perspective Monika WACKER: Onarigami - Holy Woman in the Kingdom of Ryukyu: A Pacific Culture with Chinese Influences Wolfgang MARSCHALL: Notes on Arab Seafaring in the Indian Ocean and Beyond Engelbert JORISSEN: The Portuguese Approach to Asia in the Early Sixteenth Century Arano YASUNORI: The Kingdom of Ryukyu and the East Asian World Order in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries Takara KURAYOSHI: An Outline of Ryukyu's Relation to China Gerhard MÜLLER: The Kingdom of Ryukyu and China: The System of Tributary States Gregory SMITS: Ryukyuan Uses of Chinese Confucianism Patrick BEILLEVAIRE: Wavering Attention: French Governmental Policy Towards the Ryukyu Kingdom Teruya YOSHIHIKO: Ryukyu and Its Role in Western Thought: Euro-American Peace Movements in the Early Nineteenth Century Gregory SMITS: The Ryukyu Shobun in East Asia and World History Gabriele VOGT: The Ryukyus under U. S. Occupation Tanaka AKIHIKO: Okinawa and its Role in Japanese-American Security Relations Gabe MASAAKI: The Changing U. S.-Japan Alliance System: The Return of the Futenma Marine Air Station and theNew Guidelines Chalmers JOHNSON: Okinawa Between the United States and Japan Taira KOJI: Okinawa in the Twenty-First Century: A Third Golden Age or Continued Oblivion