Format:
1 Online-Ressource (313 p)
ISBN:
9789814279079
,
9789814279116
Series Statement:
IIAS/ISEAS series on maritime issues and piracy in Asia
Content:
Pirates, ports, and coasts in Asia : historical and contemporary perspectives -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- About the Contributors -- Part 1. Introduction -- 1. Pirates, Ports, and Coasts in Asia by John Kleinen and Manon Osseweijer -- 2. Piracy in Asian Waters: Problems of Definition by Michael Pearson -- Part 2: East Asia -- 3. Giang Binh: Pirate Haven and Black Market on the Sino-Vietnamese Frontier, 1780–1802 by Robert J. Antony -- 4. Tonkin Rear for China Front: The Dutch East India Company’s Strategy for the North-Eastern Vietnamese Ports in the 1660s by Hoang Anh Tuan -- 5. South Fujian the Disputed Coast, Power and Counter-power by Paola Calanca -- 6. Maritime Piracy through a Barbarian Lens: Punishment and Representation (the S.S. Namoa Hijack Case [1890–91]) by John Kleinen -- Part 3: Southeast Asia -- 7. Violence and Armed Robbery in Indonesian Seas by Adrian B. Lapian -- 8. Robbers and Traders: Papuan Piracy in the Seventeenth Century by Gerrit Knaap -- 9. The Port of Jolo: International Trade and Slave Raiding by James Warren -- 10. Pirates in the Periphery: Eastern Sulawesi 1820–1905 by Esther Velthoen -- 11. Suppressing Piracy in Asia: Decolonization and International Relations in a Maritime Border Region (the Sulu Sea), 1959–63 by Stefan Ekl๖f Amirell -- 12. Contemporary Maritime Piracy in the Waters off Semporna, Sabah by Carolin Liss -- 13. Piracy in Contemporary Sulu:An Ethnographical Case Study by Ikuya Tokoro -- Index.
Content:
Pirates, Ports and Coasts in Asia aims to fill in some of the historical gaps in the coverage of maritime piracy and armed robbery in Asia. The authors highlight a variety of activities ranging from raiding, destroying and pillaging coastal villages and capturing inhabitants to attacking and taking over vessels, robbing and then trading the cargo and its people
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Language:
English
URL:
http://erf.sbb.spk-berlin.de/han/iglibrary/portal.igpublish.com/iglibrary/search/ISEASB0000375.html
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