Pirates, Ports, and Coasts in Asia: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

Author(s): John Kleinen, Manon Osseweijer (eds)
ISBN: 978 981 4279 07 9
Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Publication year: 2010
Pages 299
Price S$59.90/US$49.90

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Pirates, Ports and Coasts in Asia aims to fill in some of the historical gaps in the coverage of maritime piracy and armed robbery in Asia. The authors highlight a variety of activities ranging from raiding, destroying and pillaging coastal villages and capturing inhabitants to attacking and taking over vessels, robbing and then trading the cargo and its people. Generally speaking, what connects these activities is the fact that they are carried out at sea, often in the coastal inshore waters, by vessels attacking other vessels or raiding coastal settlements. Acts of maritime piracy cannot be regarded as being located outside the relevant framework of the coastal zone. Coastal zones have therefore become highly desirable places, a circumstance which has transformed them into places subject to great social and ecological pressures. Piracy being the most dramatic of marginal(ized) maritime livelihood, this book brings the relationship between pirates, ports, and coastal hinterlands into focus.

PART II: EAST ASIA
3. Giang Binh: Pirate Haven and Black Market on the Sino-Vietnamese Frontier, 17801802, by Robert Antony
4. Tonkin Rear for China Front: The Dutch East India Companys Strategy for the North-Eastern Vietnamese Ports in the 1660s, by Hoang Anh Tuan
5. South Fujian the Disputed Coast, Power and Counter-power, by Paola Calanca
6. Maritime Piracy through a Barbarian Lens: Punishment and Representation (the S.S. Namoa Hijack Case, [189091]), by John Kleinen

PART III: SOUTHEAST ASIA
7. Violence and Armed Robbery in Indonesian Seas, by Adrian B Lapian
8. Robbers and Traders: Papuan Piracy in the Seventeenth Century, by Gerrit Knaap
9. The Port of Jolo: International Trade and Slave Raiding, by James Warren
10. Pirates in the Periphery: Eastern Sulawesi 18201905, by Esther Velthoen
11. Suppressing Piracy in Asia: Decolonization and International Relations in a Maritime Border Region (the Sulu Sea), 195963, by Stefan Eklof Amirell
12. Contemporary Maritime Piracy in the Waters off Semporna, Sabah, by Carolin Liss
13. Piracy in Contemporary Sulu: An Ethnographical Case Study, by Ikuya Tokoro
Index

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Home News About Us Research & Education Conferences Journal MAST FishGovNet REINCORPFISH Annual report Publications Links MARE Extranet MAST Extranet	Pirates, Ports, and Coasts in Asia: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives Author(s): John Kleinen, Manon Osseweijer (eds) ISBN: 978 981 4279 07 9 Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies Publication year: 2010 Pages 299 Price S$59.90/US$49.90 Click HERE to order this book Pirates, Ports and Coasts in Asia aims to fill in some of the historical gaps in the coverage of maritime piracy and armed robbery in Asia. The authors highlight a variety of activities ranging from raiding, destroying and pillaging coastal villages and capturing inhabitants to attacking and taking over vessels, robbing and then trading the cargo and its people. Generally speaking, what connects these activities is the fact that they are carried out at sea, often in the coastal inshore waters, by vessels attacking other vessels or raiding coastal settlements. Acts of maritime piracy cannot be regarded as being located outside the relevant framework of the coastal zone. Coastal zones have therefore become highly desirable places, a circumstance which has transformed them into places subject to great social and ecological pressures. Piracy being the most dramatic of marginal(ized) maritime livelihood, this book brings the relationship between pirates, ports, and coastal hinterlands into focus. Table of Contents: PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. Pirates, Ports, and Coasts in Asia, by John Kleinen Manon Osseweijer 2. Piracy in Asian Waters: Problems of Definition, by Michael Pearson PART II: EAST ASIA 3. Giang Binh: Pirate Haven and Black Market on the Sino-Vietnamese Frontier, 17801802, by Robert Antony 4. Tonkin Rear for China Front: The Dutch East India Companys Strategy for the North-Eastern Vietnamese Ports in the 1660s, by Hoang Anh Tuan 5. South Fujian the Disputed Coast, Power and Counter-power, by Paola Calanca 6. Maritime Piracy through a Barbarian Lens: Punishment and Representation (the S.S. Namoa Hijack Case, [189091]), by John Kleinen PART III: SOUTHEAST ASIA 7. Violence and Armed Robbery in Indonesian Seas, by Adrian B Lapian 8. Robbers and Traders: Papuan Piracy in the Seventeenth Century, by Gerrit Knaap 9. The Port of Jolo: International Trade and Slave Raiding, by James Warren 10. Pirates in the Periphery: Eastern Sulawesi 18201905, by Esther Velthoen 11. Suppressing Piracy in Asia: Decolonization and International Relations in a Maritime Border Region (the Sulu Sea), 195963, by Stefan Eklof Amirell 12. Contemporary Maritime Piracy in the Waters off Semporna, Sabah, by Carolin Liss 13. Piracy in Contemporary Sulu: An Ethnographical Case Study, by Ikuya Tokoro Index	Centre for Maritime Research Nieuwe Prinsengracht 130 NL-1018 VZ Amsterdam Phone: +31 20 5254143 Fax: +31 20 5254051 E-mail:

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