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In the Name of the Battle against Piracy
Ideas and Practices in State Monopoly of Maritime Violence in Europe and Asia in the Period of Transition
Series: - European Expansion and Indigenous Response, Volume: 29
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In the Name of the Battle against Piracy discusses antipiracy campaigns in Europe and Asia in the 16th-19th centuries. Nine contributors argue how important antipiracy campaigns were for the establishment of a (colonial) state, because piracy was a threat not only to maritime commerce, but also to its sovereignty.
'Battle against piracy' offered a good reason for a state to claim its authority as the sole protector of people, and to establish peace, order, and sovereignty. In fact, as the contributors explain, the story was not that simple, because states sometimes attempted to make economic and political use of piracy, while private interests were strongly involved in antipiracy politics. State formation processes were not clearly separated from non-state elements.
Contributors are: Kudo Akihito, Satsuma Shinsuke, Suzuki Hideaki, Lakshmi Sabramanian, Ota Atsushi, James Francis Warren, Fujita Tatsuo, Murakami Ei, and Toyooka Yasufumi.
'Battle against piracy' offered a good reason for a state to claim its authority as the sole protector of people, and to establish peace, order, and sovereignty. In fact, as the contributors explain, the story was not that simple, because states sometimes attempted to make economic and political use of piracy, while private interests were strongly involved in antipiracy politics. State formation processes were not clearly separated from non-state elements.
Contributors are: Kudo Akihito, Satsuma Shinsuke, Suzuki Hideaki, Lakshmi Sabramanian, Ota Atsushi, James Francis Warren, Fujita Tatsuo, Murakami Ei, and Toyooka Yasufumi.
Ota Atsushi, Ph.D. (2005), Leiden University, is Associate Professor of Faculty of Economics at Keio University, Japan. His publications include Changes of Regime and Social Dynamics in West Java: Society, State, and the Outer World of Banten, 1750-1830 (Brill, 2006).
Contents
General Series Editorâs Preface
âGeorge Bryan Souza
Acknowledgments
âOta Atsushi
Notes on Contributors
List of Illustrations
Introduction
âOta Atsushi
1 Privateers in the Early-Modern Mediterranean: Violence, Diplomacy and Commerce in the Maghrib, c. 1600-1830
âKudo Akihito and Ota Atsushi
2 Plunder and Free Trade: British Privateering and Its Abolition in 1856 in Global Perspective
âSatsuma Shinsuke
3 The Making of the âJoasmeeâ Pirates: A Relativist Reconsideration of the QawÄsimi Piracy in the Persian Gulf
âHideaki Suzuki
4 Petitions and Predation: The Politics of Representation in Northwest India at the Turn of the Nineteenth Century
âLakshmi Subramanian
5 Trade, Piracy, and Sovereignty: Changing Perceptions of Piracy and Dutch Colonial State-Building in Malay Waters, ca. 1780â1830
âOta Atsushi
6 In the Name of Sovereignty: Spainâs Tackling of âMoroâ Piracy in the Sulu Zone, 1768â1898
âJames Francis Warren
7 Piracy Prohibition Edicts and the Establishment of Maritime Control System in Japan, c. 1585â1640
âFujita Tatsuo (translated by Ota Atsushi)
8 The Suppression of Pirates in the China Seas by the Naval Forces of China, Macao, and Britain (1780â1860)
âToyooka Yasufumi and Murakami Ei
Conclusion
âOta Atsushi
Bibliography
Index
General Series Editorâs Preface
âGeorge Bryan Souza
Acknowledgments
âOta Atsushi
Notes on Contributors
List of Illustrations
Introduction
âOta Atsushi
Part 1: From Co-existence to Prohibition: Maritime Violence in Europe
1 Privateers in the Early-Modern Mediterranean: Violence, Diplomacy and Commerce in the Maghrib, c. 1600-1830
âKudo Akihito and Ota Atsushi
2 Plunder and Free Trade: British Privateering and Its Abolition in 1856 in Global Perspective
âSatsuma Shinsuke
Part 2: Contingent Developments in Antipiracy Politics in the Asian Seas
3 The Making of the âJoasmeeâ Pirates: A Relativist Reconsideration of the QawÄsimi Piracy in the Persian Gulf
âHideaki Suzuki
4 Petitions and Predation: The Politics of Representation in Northwest India at the Turn of the Nineteenth Century
âLakshmi Subramanian
5 Trade, Piracy, and Sovereignty: Changing Perceptions of Piracy and Dutch Colonial State-Building in Malay Waters, ca. 1780â1830
âOta Atsushi
6 In the Name of Sovereignty: Spainâs Tackling of âMoroâ Piracy in the Sulu Zone, 1768â1898
âJames Francis Warren
Part 3: Piracy and State in East Asia
7 Piracy Prohibition Edicts and the Establishment of Maritime Control System in Japan, c. 1585â1640
âFujita Tatsuo (translated by Ota Atsushi)
8 The Suppression of Pirates in the China Seas by the Naval Forces of China, Macao, and Britain (1780â1860)
âToyooka Yasufumi and Murakami Ei
Conclusion
âOta Atsushi
Bibliography
Index
Anyone interested in the history of European and Asian encounters, and readers concerned with maritime history, piracy, and state formation in the early modern world.