War, Trade and Piracy in the China Seas
豆瓣
Weichung Cheng
简介
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
pp.: i–xxiii
Introduction: The Missing Link
pp.: 1–9 (9)
Chapter One: The Tributary System Challenged
pp.: 11–25 (15)
Chapter Two: Nicolas Iquan before 1627
pp.: 27–46 (20)
Chapter Three: The Survival Game of the Mercenaries 1628–1631
pp.: 47–61 (15)
Chapter Four: The Establishment of the An-Hai Trading Emporium 1630–1633
pp.: 63–76 (14)
Chapter Five: Stormy Weather at the Imperial Court and on the South China Coast 1632–1633
pp.: 77–90 (14)
Chapter Six: The Winding Ways towards the Western Ocean 1631–1636
pp.: 91–100 (10)
Chapter Seven: The Risk of Politics and the Politics of Risk 1636–1640
pp.: 101–115 (15)
Chapter Eight: In Search of Silver in a Changing World 1640–1646
pp.: 117–135 (19)
Chapter Nine: The Open Coast of the Chinese Empire 1646–1650
pp.: 137–150 (14)
Chapter Ten: Fukienese Exceptionalism Transformed into a Political Project 1650–1654
pp.: 151–164 (14)
Chapter Eleven: The Passions of a Merchant Prince 1654–1657
pp.: 165–189 (25)
Chapter Twelve: From Defeat to Victory 1658–1662
pp.: 191–204 (14)
Chapter Thirteen: All Acknowledged by the Kings 1663–1667
pp.: 205–224 (20)
Chapter Fourteen: Monopoly Lost 1669–1683
pp.: 225–246 (22)
Conclusion: Defensive and Aggressive Monopolies
pp.: 247–252 (6)
Notes
pp.: 253–328 (76)
Appendix II
pp.: 337–344 (8)
Bibliography
pp.: 345–355 (11)
Index
pp.: 357–365 (9
