Outlaws of the sea : maritime piracy in modern China /
A comprehensive account of the history of maritime piracy in coastal south China from the 1630s to the 1940s.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Hong Kong :
Hong Kong University Press,
[2024].
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| Series: | Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong studies series.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : the pirate and the historian
- The sociopolitical culture of South China's water world
- Piracy, empire, and sovereignty
- Chinese pirates and Tay Son rebels
- Piracy and the shadow economy
- Defending Canton : Chinese pirates, British traders, and Hong merchants
- Pacification of the seas
- Bloodthirsty pirates?
- Pirates, dragon ladies, and steamships
- "We are not pirates" : Portugal, China, and the pirates of Coloane
- Conclusion : piracy in China and the world.