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War, trade and piracy in the China Seas, 1622-1683 / by Cheng Wei-chung.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zheng, Weizhong, 1974-
- Series:
- TANAP monographs on the history of the Asian-European interaction
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- History.
- China--History--17th century.
- China.
- Zheng family.
- Physical Description:
- xxiii, 365 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Brill, 2013.
- Contents:
- Introduction: The Missing Link
- The tributary system challenged
- Nicolas Iquan before 1627
- The survival game of the mercenaries, 1628-1631
- The establishment of the An-Hai trading emporium, 1630-1633
- Stormy weather at the imperial court and on the south China coast, 1632-1633
- The winding ways towards the western ocean
- The risk of politics and the politics of risk, 1636-1640
- In search of silver in a changing world, 1640-1646
- The open coast of the Chinese empire, 1646-1650
- Fukienese exceptionalism transformed into a political project, 1650-1654
- The passions of a merchant prince, 1654-1657
- From defeat to victory, 1658-1662
- All acknowledged by the kings, 1663-1667
- Monopoly lost, 1669-1683
- Conclusion: defensive and aggressive monopolies.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9789004250666
- 9004250662
- 9789004253537
- 900425353X
- OCLC:
- 841199105
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