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Asian Tigers

The Real, the Symbolic, the Commodity

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ID15445237
AuthorsRobert B Marks (0009-0003-5282-8707, corresponding author)
Year2006
Volume1
Issue1
Pages63-87
Publication date2006-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueNature and Culture (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1558-6073 • E-ISSN: 1558-5468
PublisherBerghahn Books (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.3167/155860706780272042
OpenAlexW2051111030
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited1

In nature, tigers have existed only in Asia. Over the millennia, Asian peoples have had much interaction with tigers, and those experiences have come to influence the patterns of everyday life, especially for villagers. In short, humans and tigers have a long history in Asia. Through case studies of China, the Malay world, and India from the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries, this article argues that Asian rulers used tigers—or more properly, their control of tigers—to enhance their political power, further the reach of central states, and inform their understanding of colonizing European powers

Ancient history · Archaeology · Asian studies · Central asia · China · Commodity · Development economics · Economics · Economy · Ethnology · Geography · Malay · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Sociology · Asian Studies and History · History · Law

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