Outlaws of the sea : maritime piracy in modern China  Outlaws of the Sea: Maritime Piracy in Modern China 

• Product Details

  Product #

  2623153B

  Author(s)

  Antony, Robert J.

  City

  Hong Kong 

  Country

  Hong Kong 

  Language

  English 

  ISBN

  9789888876778 

  Date of Publication

  2024 

  Publisher

  Hong Kong University Press  

  Cover Type

  Hard cover 

  Pages

  251 

  Series

  Royal Asiatic society Hong Kong studies series 

  Subject

  Foreign Policy / International Relations

  Subject

  History, 19th Century and Earlier

  Subject

  History, 20th-21st Centuries

   

• Product Details in Original Language

  Author

  Antony, Robert J.

  Publisher

  Hong Kong University Press  

• Description

  Outlaws of the Sea: Maritime Piracy in Modern China In Outlaws of the Sea, Robert J. Antony provides a comprehensive account of the history of maritime piracy in coastal south China from the 1630s to the 1940s. He neither romanticizes nor maligns pirates, but rather analyzes them in the context of their times and the broader world in which they lived. The author demonstrates that Chinese piracy was a pervasive force shaping maritime society as it ebbed and flowed between sporadic, small-scale ventures and professional, large-scale enterprises in the modern era. This book offers important new insights into the underside of modern China’s history and the interactions between pirates, foreign traders, local communities, and the state.