Elusive Pirates, Pervasive Smugglers: Violence and Clandestine Trade in the Greater China Seas ISBN: 9789882206083 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Hong Kong University Press Digital rights:Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: History;
This book examines the extent, diffusion, and characteristics of piracy and smuggling in the Greater China Seas over the past six centuries. The chapters in this book argue that violence and clandestine trade played significant roles in the development of modern Asian societies.