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The Maritime Defence of China [[electronic resource] ] : Ming General Qi Jiguang and Beyond / / edited by Y.H. Teddy Sim
| The Maritime Defence of China [[electronic resource] ] : Ming General Qi Jiguang and Beyond / / edited by Y.H. Teddy Sim |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2017.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (283 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 623.1209564 |
| Soggetto topico |
Military history
Politics and war China—History Southeast Asia—History History of Military Military and Defence Studies History of China History of Southeast Asia |
| ISBN | 981-10-4163-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Section 1: Historiography, biography and ideas of Qi Jiguang -- Chapter 1 Brief introduction to Qi Jiguang and discussion of issues relating to China’s maritime defence and Qi’s ideas -- Chapter 2 Qi Jiguang and Hu Zongxian’s anti-wokou campaign -- Chapter 3 A terrible scourge: Chinese piracy, coastal defence in broad historical perspective -- Chapter 4 The martial arts in Qi Jiguang’s military training -- Chapter 5 The arquebus volley technique in China, c. 1560: Evidence from the writings of Qi Jiguang -- Chapter 6 Zeng Guofan’s application of Qi Jiguang’s doctrines in the Taiping Uprising -- Chapter 7 The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy and the history of coastal defence -- Section 2: Maritime and security environment during Qi Jiguang’s enterprise and beyond -- Chapter 8 Early Ming’s skirmishes with the Portuguese as an indication of Ming military developments and the military dimension of Luso-Ming interactions -- Chapter 9 The retrogression of overseas geographical knowledge during the mid-Ming period -- Chapter 10: Cutting dwarf pirates down to size: Amphibious warfare in sixteenth-century East Asia -- Chapter 11 Rebel with a cause: Chinese merchant-pirates in Southeast Asia in the sixteenth century -- Chapter 12 Naval technology, state power and the influence of Qi Jiguang in the late Ming -- Chapter 13 The rise of private maritime trading powers in Fujian and their inputs on the view of the sea during the Ming dynasty -- Chapter 14 The development of Ming-Qing coastal defence and navy. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910799490903321 |
| Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Piracy and surreptitious activities in the Malay Archipelago and adjacent seas, 1600-1840 / / edited by Y.H. Teddy Sim
| Piracy and surreptitious activities in the Malay Archipelago and adjacent seas, 1600-1840 / / edited by Y.H. Teddy Sim |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2014.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (197 p.) |
| Disciplina |
001.3
339.5 700 900 |
| Soggetto topico |
History
Political economy History, general International Political Economy |
| ISBN | 981-287-085-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Contents -- Preface -- Foreword -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Studying piracy and surreptitious activities in Southeast Asia in the early modern period -- Chapter 2: Siak, piracy and early modern Malay warfare -- Chapter 3: From self-defence to an instrument of war: Dutch privateering around the Malay Peninsula in the early 17th century -- Chapter 4: Violence and piratical/surreptitious activities associated with the Chinese in the Melaka-Singapore region, 1780–1840 -- Chapter 5: War-making, raiding, slave hunting and piracy in the Malukan Archipelago -- Chapter 6: An exploration into the political background of the Maguindanao “piracy” in the early 18th century -- Chapter 7: Revisiting the political economy and ethnicity of the Sulu Sultanate and its entanglement with the seafaring world -- Chapter 8: Iberians in the adjacent seas: A survey of their piratical and smuggling activities in relation to war and political economy of the South China Sea -- Chapter 9: The Portuguese in the adjacent seas: A survey of their identities and activities in the eastern Indian Ocean and Burman sea -- Maps -- Glossary -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910484373303321 |
| Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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