War, trade and piracy in the China seas (1622-1683) / / Cheng Wei-chung
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| Autore: |
Wei-chung Cheng
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| Titolo: |
War, trade and piracy in the China seas (1622-1683) / / Cheng Wei-chung
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| Pubblicazione: | Leiden, : Brill, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (390 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 951.2/032 |
| 951.2032 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Postcolonialism - Southeast Asia |
| Piracy - Southeast Asia | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Southeast Asia Commerce |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Preliminary Material / Cheng Wei-chung -- Introduction: The Missing Link / Cheng Wei-chung -- Chapter One: The Tributary System Challenged / Cheng Wei-chung -- Chapter Two: Nicolas Iquan before 1627 / Cheng Wei-chung -- Chapter Three: The Survival Game of the Mercenaries 1628–1631 / Cheng Wei-chung -- Chapter Four: The Establishment of the An-Hai Trading Emporium 1630–1633 / Cheng Wei-chung -- Chapter Five: Stormy Weather at the Imperial Court and on the South China Coast 1632–1633 / Cheng Wei-chung -- Chapter Six: The Winding Ways towards the Western Ocean 1631–1636 / Cheng Wei-chung -- Chapter Seven: The Risk of Politics and the Politics of Risk 1636–1640 / Cheng Wei-chung -- Chapter Eight: In Search of Silver in a Changing World 1640–1646 / Cheng Wei-chung -- Chapter Nine: The Open Coast of the Chinese Empire 1646–1650 / Cheng Wei-chung -- Chapter Ten: Fukienese Exceptionalism Transformed into a Political Project 1650–1654 / Cheng Wei-chung -- Chapter Eleven: The Passions of a Merchant Prince 1654–1657 / Cheng Wei-chung -- Chapter Twelve: From Defeat to Victory 1658–1662 / Cheng Wei-chung -- Chapter Thirteen: All Acknowledged by the Kings 1663–1667 / Cheng Wei-chung -- Chapter Fourteen: Monopoly Lost 1669–1683 / Cheng Wei-chung -- Conclusion: Defensive and Aggressive Monopolies / Cheng Wei-chung -- Notes / Cheng Wei-chung -- Appendix I / Cheng Wei-chung -- Appendix II / Cheng Wei-chung -- Bibliography / Cheng Wei-chung -- Index / Cheng Wei-chung. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Approaching 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | War, trade and piracy in the China seas (1622-1683) |
| ISBN: | 90-04-25353-X |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910814520903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
TANAP Monographs on the History of Asian-European Interaction ; 16.