War, trade and piracy in the China seas (1622-1683) / Cheng Wei-chung.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wei-chung, Cheng.

Series:

TANAP Monographs on the History of Asian-European Interaction 16.

TANAP monographs on the history of Asian-European interaction ; 16

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Postcolonialism--Southeast Asia.

Postcolonialism.

Piracy--Southeast Asia.

Piracy.

Southeast Asia--Commerce.

Southeast Asia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (390 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Brill, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Approaching its demise, the Ming imperial administration enlisted members of the Cheng family as mercenaries to help in the defense of the coastal waters of Fukien. Under the leadership of Cheng Chih-lung, also known as Nicolas Iquan, and with the help of the local gentry, these mercenaries became the backbone of the empire’s maritime defense and the protectors of Chinese commercial interests in the East and South China Seas. The fall of the Ming allowed Cheng Ch’eng-kung—alias Coxinga—and his sons to create a short-lived but independent seaborne regime in China’s southeastern coastal provinces that competed fiercely, if only briefly, with Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch and English merchants during the early stages of globalization.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Cheng Wei-chung

Introduction: The Missing Link / Cheng Wei-chung

Chapter One: The Tributary System Challenged / Cheng Wei-chung

Chapter Two: Nicolas Iquan before 1627 / Cheng Wei-chung

Chapter Three: The Survival Game of the Mercenaries 1628–1631 / Cheng Wei-chung

Chapter Four: The Establishment of the An-Hai Trading Emporium 1630–1633 / Cheng Wei-chung

Chapter Five: Stormy Weather at the Imperial Court and on the South China Coast 1632–1633 / Cheng Wei-chung

Chapter Six: The Winding Ways towards the Western Ocean 1631–1636 / Cheng Wei-chung

Chapter Seven: The Risk of Politics and the Politics of Risk 1636–1640 / Cheng Wei-chung

Chapter Eight: In Search of Silver in a Changing World 1640–1646 / Cheng Wei-chung

Chapter Nine: The Open Coast of the Chinese Empire 1646–1650 / Cheng Wei-chung

Chapter Ten: Fukienese Exceptionalism Transformed into a Political Project 1650–1654 / Cheng Wei-chung

Chapter Eleven: The Passions of a Merchant Prince 1654–1657 / Cheng Wei-chung

Chapter Twelve: From Defeat to Victory 1658–1662 / Cheng Wei-chung

Chapter Thirteen: All Acknowledged by the Kings 1663–1667 / Cheng Wei-chung

Chapter Fourteen: Monopoly Lost 1669–1683 / Cheng Wei-chung

Conclusion: Defensive and Aggressive Monopolies / Cheng Wei-chung

Notes / Cheng Wei-chung

Appendix I / Cheng Wei-chung

Appendix II / Cheng Wei-chung

Bibliography / Cheng Wei-chung

Index / Cheng Wei-chung.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

90-04-25353-X

OCLC:

849724468

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004253537 DOI