LEADER 04221nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910786969903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a90-04-25353-X 024 7 $a10.1163/9789004253537 035 $a(CKB)2670000000360810 035 $a(EBL)1205498 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000889964 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11487605 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000889964 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10882361 035 $a(PQKB)10965251 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1205498 035 $a(OCoLC)849724468 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789004253537 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1205498 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10713600 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL494073 035 $a(PPN)174589808 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000360810 100 $a20111102d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWar, trade and piracy in the China seas (1622-1683)$b[electronic resource] /$fCheng Wei-chung 210 $aLeiden $cBrill$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (390 p.) 225 0 $aTANAP monographs on the history of Asian-European interaction ;$v16 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a90-04-25066-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tPreliminary Material /$rCheng Wei-chung -- $tIntroduction: The Missing Link /$rCheng Wei-chung -- $tChapter One: The Tributary System Challenged /$rCheng Wei-chung -- $tChapter Two: Nicolas Iquan before 1627 /$rCheng Wei-chung -- $tChapter Three: The Survival Game of the Mercenaries 1628?1631 /$rCheng Wei-chung -- $tChapter Four: The Establishment of the An-Hai Trading Emporium 1630?1633 /$rCheng Wei-chung -- $tChapter Five: Stormy Weather at the Imperial Court and on the South China Coast 1632?1633 /$rCheng Wei-chung -- $tChapter Six: The Winding Ways towards the Western Ocean 1631?1636 /$rCheng Wei-chung -- $tChapter Seven: The Risk of Politics and the Politics of Risk 1636?1640 /$rCheng Wei-chung -- $tChapter Eight: In Search of Silver in a Changing World 1640?1646 /$rCheng Wei-chung -- $tChapter Nine: The Open Coast of the Chinese Empire 1646?1650 /$rCheng Wei-chung -- $tChapter Ten: Fukienese Exceptionalism Transformed into a Political Project 1650?1654 /$rCheng Wei-chung -- $tChapter Eleven: The Passions of a Merchant Prince 1654?1657 /$rCheng Wei-chung -- $tChapter Twelve: From Defeat to Victory 1658?1662 /$rCheng Wei-chung -- $tChapter Thirteen: All Acknowledged by the Kings 1663?1667 /$rCheng Wei-chung -- $tChapter Fourteen: Monopoly Lost 1669?1683 /$rCheng Wei-chung -- $tConclusion: Defensive and Aggressive Monopolies /$rCheng Wei-chung -- $tNotes /$rCheng Wei-chung -- $tAppendix I /$rCheng Wei-chung -- $tAppendix II /$rCheng Wei-chung -- $tBibliography /$rCheng Wei-chung -- $tIndex /$rCheng Wei-chung. 330 $aApproaching its demise, the Ming imperial administration enlisted members of the Cheng family as mercenaries to help in the defense of the coastal waters of Fukien. Under the leadership of Cheng Chih-lung, also known as Nicolas Iquan, and with the help of the local gentry, these mercenaries became the backbone of the empire?s maritime defense and the protectors of Chinese commercial interests in the East and South China Seas. The fall of the Ming allowed Cheng Ch?eng-kung?alias Coxinga?and his sons to create a short-lived but independent seaborne regime in China?s southeastern coastal provinces that competed fiercely, if only briefly, with Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch and English merchants during the early stages of globalization. 410 0$aTANAP Monographs on the History of Asian-European Interaction$v16. 606 $aPostcolonialism$zSoutheast Asia 606 $aPiracy$zSoutheast Asia 607 $aSoutheast Asia$xCommerce 615 0$aPostcolonialism 615 0$aPiracy 676 $a951.2/032 676 $a951.2032 700 $aWei-chung$b Cheng$01554577 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910786969903321 996 $aWar, trade and piracy in the China seas (1622-1683)$93815892 997 $aUNINA