Elusive pirates, pervasive smugglers [[electronic resource] ] : violence and clandestine trade in the Greater China Seas / / edited by Robert J. Antony

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910789833103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hong Kong, : Hong Kong University Press, c2010
• ISBN: 988-220-691-3; 1-283-01694-X; 9786613016942; 988-220-608-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (218 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): AntonyRobert J
• Disciplina: 364.16/4
• Soggetti: Piracy - China Sea - History; Smuggling - China Sea - History; Sea-power - China Sea Region - History; China Sea Region History
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Contributors""; ""Illustrations""; ""1 - Introduction: The Shadowy World of the Greater China Seas""; ""2 - Violence at Sea: Unpacking “Piracyâ€? in the Claims of States over Asian Seas""; ""3 - From Sea Bandits to Sea Lords: Nonstate Violence and Pirate Identities in Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century Japan ""; ""4 - Merchants, Smugglers, and Pirates: Multinational Clandestine Tradeon the South China Coast, 1520â€?50""; ""5 - Pirates, Gunpowder, and Christianity in Late Sixteenth-Century Japan""; ""6 - At the Crossroads: Limahon and WakÅ? in Sixteenth-Century Philippines""""7 - Piracy and Coastal Security in Southeastern China, 1600â€?1780""; ""8 - Piracy and the Shadow Economy in the South China Sea, 1780â€?1810""; ""9 - Poor but Not Pirates: The Tsushima Domain and Foreign Relations in Early Modern Japan""; ""10 - The Business of Violence: Piracy around Riau, Lingga, and Singapore, 1820â€?40""; ""11 - Smuggling in the South China Sea: Alternate Histories of a Nonstate Space in the Late Nineteenth and Late Twentieth Centuries""; ; ""Notes""; ""Glossary""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume describes and critically analyzes piracy and smuggling in the Greater China Seas region from the 16th century to the present. It takes a radical departure from the standard terra-centred histories by placing the seas at the centre rather than at the margins of our inquiries.