The Golden Age of Piracy in China, 1520-1810 - A Short History with Documents (Paperback)

The Golden Age of Piracy in China, 1520-1810 exposes readers to the little-known history of Chinese piracy in the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries through a short narrative and selection of documentary evidence. In this three-hundred-year period, Chinese piracy was unsurpassed in size and scope anywhere else in the world. The book includes a carefully selected and wide range of Chinese, Portuguese, Dutch, English, and Japanese sources-some translated for the first time-to illustrate the complexity and variety of piratical activities in Asian waters. These documents include archival criminal cases and depositions of pirates and victims, government reports and proclamations, memoirs of coastal residents and pirate captives, and written and oral folklore handed down for generations. The book also illuminates the important role that pirates played in the political, economic, social, and cultural transformations of early modern China and the world. An historical perspective provides an important vantage point to understand piracy as a recurring cyclical phenomenon inseparably connected with the past.

General

Imprint:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2022
Authors:	Robert J. Antony
Dimensions:	219 x 155 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	180
ISBN-13:	978-1-5381-6153-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > General Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Maritime history Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Maritime history Books > History > World history > General
LSN:	1-5381-6153-2
Barcode:	9781538161531

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