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- Pirates, Ports, and Coasts in Asia: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
- Book
- 2010
- Published by: ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute
summary
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
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- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. iii-iv
- Table of Contents
- pp. v-vi
- Acknowledgements
- p. vii
- About the Contributors
- pp. ix-xii
- PART 1: Introduction
- PART 2: East Asia
- PART 3: Southeast Asia
Additional Information
ISBN
9789814279116
Related ISBN(s)
9789814279079
MARC Record
OCLC
746746960
Pages
299
Launched on MUSE
2013-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No