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- Conflict and Commerce in Maritime East Asia
- Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
- Conflict and Commerce in Maritime East Asia
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures and maps
- Tables in Appendix 3
- Acknowledgments
- Maps - PDF only
- Introduction
- 1 Setting the stage
- 2 From smuggler-pirates to loyal Confucians
- 3 Between trade and legitimacy
- 4 Brave new world
- 5 The Zheng state on Taiwan
- 6 The lure of “China”
- 7 A contingent destruction
- 8 Conclusion
- Appendix 1 Romanization of East Asian languages
- Appendix 2 Measurements and currency conversions
- Appendix 3 Zheng market share, revenues, and profitability, 1640–1683
- Appendix 4 Glossary of Chinese characters
- Bibliography
- Index
4 - Brave new world
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 December 2015
- Conflict and Commerce in Maritime East Asia
- Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
- Conflict and Commerce in Maritime East Asia
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures and maps
- Tables in Appendix 3
- Acknowledgments
- Maps - PDF only
- Introduction
- 1 Setting the stage
- 2 From smuggler-pirates to loyal Confucians
- 3 Between trade and legitimacy
- 4 Brave new world
- 5 The Zheng state on Taiwan
- 6 The lure of “China”
- 7 A contingent destruction
- 8 Conclusion
- Appendix 1 Romanization of East Asian languages
- Appendix 2 Measurements and currency conversions
- Appendix 3 Zheng market share, revenues, and profitability, 1640–1683
- Appendix 4 Glossary of Chinese characters
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Conflict and Commerce in Maritime East AsiaThe Zheng Family and the Shaping of the Modern World, c.1620–1720, pp. 111 - 145Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2016