{"product_id":"the-golden-age-of-piracy-in-china-1520-1810-a-short-history-with-documents-paperback","title":"The Golden Age of Piracy in China, 1520-1810: A Short History with Documents - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert J. Antony\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Golden Age of Piracy in China, 1520-1810 \u003c\/i\u003eexposes 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore his retirement in 2019, Robert J. Antony was distinguished professor and senior researcher at Guangzhou University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eLike Froth Floating on the Sea: The World of Pirates and Seafarers in Late Imperial South China\u003c\/i\u003e (2003), \u003ci\u003eUnruly People: Crime, Community, and State in Late Imperial South China\u003c\/i\u003e (2016), and \u003ci\u003eThe Golden Age of Piracy in China, 1520-1810: A Short History with Documents\u003c\/i\u003e (2022). He now lives with his wife near Princeton, New Jersey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 180\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.39 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 30, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47517292822749,"sku":"9781538161531","price":71.17,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/Q1ZEIXYrI49781538161531.webp?v=1783926126","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/the-golden-age-of-piracy-in-china-1520-1810-a-short-history-with-documents-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}