This bookexposes readers to the little-known history of Chinese piracy from the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries, when it was unsurpassed in size and scope anywhere else in the world. By providing a large selection of primary sources, this book allows previously silenced pirates, victims, and officials to tell their stories in their own words.
This bookexposes readers to the little-known history of Chinese piracy from the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries, when it was unsurpassed in size and scope anywhere else in the world. By providing a large selection of primary sources, this book allows previously silenced pirates, victims, and officials to tell their stories in their own words.
Before his retirement in 2019, Robert J. Antony was distinguished professor and senior researcher at Guangzhou University. He is the author of Like Froth Floating on the Sea: The World of Pirates and Seafarers in Late Imperial South China (2003), Unruly People: Crime, Community, and State in Late Imperial South China (2016), and The Golden Age of Piracy in China, 1520-1810: A Short History with Documents (2022). He now lives with his wife near Princeton, New Jersey.
Inhaltsangabe
Preface PART I: NARRATIVE HISTORY 1 Piracy in China's Maritime World 2 Piracy in the Mid-Ming Dynasty (1520-1580) 3 Piracy during the Ming-Qing Transition (1620-1684) 4 Piracy in the Mid-Qing Dynasty (1775-1810) 5 The Significance of Piracy in China's History PART II: DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE 1 Piracy in the Mid-Ming Dynasty (1520-1580) 2 Piracy in the Ming-Qing Transition (1620-1684) 3 Piracy in the Mid-Qing Dynasty (1775-1810) Chronology Glossary A Note on Chinese Documentary Evidence References Index
Preface PART I: NARRATIVE HISTORY 1 Piracy in China's Maritime World 2 Piracy in the Mid-Ming Dynasty (1520-1580) 3 Piracy during the Ming-Qing Transition (1620-1684) 4 Piracy in the Mid-Qing Dynasty (1775-1810) 5 The Significance of Piracy in China's History PART II: DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE 1 Piracy in the Mid-Ming Dynasty (1520-1580) 2 Piracy in the Ming-Qing Transition (1620-1684) 3 Piracy in the Mid-Qing Dynasty (1775-1810) Chronology Glossary A Note on Chinese Documentary Evidence References Index
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