03475nam 2200673 a 450 991046035500332120200520144314.0988-220-691-31-283-01694-X9786613016942988-220-608-5(CKB)2670000000079974(EBL)3011730(SSID)ssj0000468719(PQKBManifestationID)11331889(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000468719(PQKBWorkID)10507244(PQKB)10864231(StDuBDS)EDZ0000035486(MiAaPQ)EBC3011730(OCoLC)709890936(MdBmJHUP)muse3767(Au-PeEL)EBL3011730(CaPaEBR)ebr10453637(CaONFJC)MIL301694(OCoLC)923635122(EXLCZ)99267000000007997420110125d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrElusive pirates, pervasive smugglers[electronic resource] violence and clandestine trade in the Greater China Seas /edited by Robert J. AntonyHong Kong Hong Kong University Pressc20101 online resource (218 p.)Description based upon print version of record.988-8028-11-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.""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""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.PiracyChina SeaHistorySmugglingChina SeaHistorySea-powerChina Sea RegionHistoryChina Sea RegionHistoryElectronic books.PiracyHistory.SmugglingHistory.Sea-powerHistory.364.16/4Antony Robert J636645MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910460355003321Elusive pirates, pervasive smugglers2474278UNINA