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Lädt ... The Golden Age of Piracy in China, 1520–1810: A Short History with Documentsvon Robert Antony
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The Golden Age of Piracy in China, 1520-1810 exposes readers to the little-known history of Chinese piracy in the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries through a short narrative and selection of documentary evidence. In this three-hundred-year period, Chinese piracy was unsurpassed in size and scope anywhere else in the world. The book includes a carefully selected and wide range of Chinese, Portuguese, Dutch, English, and Japanese sources-some translated for the first time-to illustrate the complexity and variety of piratical activities in Asian waters. These documents include archival criminal cases and depositions of pirates and victims, government reports and proclamations, memoirs of coastal residents and pirate captives, and written and oral folklore handed down for generations. The book also illuminates the important role that pirates played in the political, economic, social, and cultural transformations of early modern China and the world. An historical perspective provides an important vantage point to understand piracy as a recurring cyclical phenomenon inseparably connected with the past. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Antony introduces you to the most well known pirates, in chronological order, and follows up the supporting documentary evidence for each. Yes Zheng Yi Sao is included but she's not the only female pirate! There's also the incredible Cai Qian Ma and Wu Ping's sister, who was deified as a Goddess for Protecting Treasure. But there are so many others that you'll learn about in the 3 infamous waves: during the Mid-Ming, the Ming-Qing transition and Mid-Qing dynasties. Antony also includes a useful chart listing all major pirate leaders in South China per wave, as well as their home area, commonly Fujian or Guangdong.
Some of the major differences that you'll learn is the fact that Chinese pirate ships included men and women. Women played "important organizational and leadership roles" and their crews could consist of Chinese, Japanese, Europeans, Africans and later, Americans! Pirate fleets were also several hundred ships with tens of thousands loyally serving their masters. These fleets were nigh undefeatable and so through an intermediary, an Emperor was known for negotiating a truce. They would promote and offer the pirate captain a position. Other times, this of course would be a trap and the pirate captain would be executed. Pirates gained their mythical reputation through large scale raids but also through mercy and generosity. But like their European counterparts, fishermen or laborers would often join a pirate crew out of desperation, for various reasons, but often due to imperial maritime bans and regulations.
I really enjoyed this one! I need to check out Antony's "Like Froth Floating on the Sea" as well! (