Pirates of empire : colonisation and maritime violence in Southeast Asia / Stefan Eklöf Amirell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eklöf Amirell, Stefan, 1968- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Piracy--Southeast Asia--History--19th century.

Piracy.

Piracy--Southeast Asia--History--20th century.

Maritime terrorism--Southeast Asia--History--19th century.

Maritime terrorism.

Maritime terrorism--Southeast Asia--History--20th century.

Colonies--Asia--History--19th century.

Colonies.

Colonies--Asia--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 266 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2019.

Summary:

The suppression of piracy and other forms of maritime violence was a keystone in the colonisation of Southeast Asia. Focusing on what was seen in the nineteenth century as the three most pirate-infested areas in the region - the Sulu Sea, the Strait of Malacca and Indochina - this comparative study in colonial history explores how piracy was defined, contested and used to resist or justify colonial expansion, particularly during the most intense phase of imperial expansion in Southeast Asia from c.1850 to c.1920. In doing so, it demonstrates that piratical activity continued to occur in many parts of Southeast Asia well beyond the mid-nineteenth century, when most existing studies of piracy in the region end their period of investigation. It also points to the changes over time in how piracy was conceptualised and dealt with by each of the major colonial powers in the region - Britain, France, the Netherlands, Spain and the United States. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Aug 2019).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781108587129

1108587127

9781108636827

1108636829

9781108594516

1108594514