Pirates of Empire Colonisation and Maritime Violence in Southeast Asia

• Glavni avtor: Eklöf Amirell, Stefan (auth)
• Format: Elektronski Book Chapter
• Jezik: angleščina
• Izdano: Cambridge University Press 2019
• Serija: Social Sciences
• Teme: History; Asian history; General & world history; Maritime history; Colonialism & imperialism; Southeast Asia; piracy; maritime history; colonial studies
• Online dostop: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The suppression of piracy and maritime raiding was a keystone in the colonisation of Southeast Asia. This comparative study in colonial history explores how piracy was defined, contested and used to resist or justify colonial expansion, particularly from c.1850 to c.1920. This title is also availabl...