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Conflict and Commerce in Maritime East Asia: The Zheng Family and the Shaping of the Modern World, c. 1620–1720, written by Xing Hang

Conflict and Commerce in Maritime East Asia: The Zheng Family and the Shaping of the Modern... Conflict and Commerce in Maritime East Asia: The Zheng Family and the Shaping of the Modern World, c. 1620–1720. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015. x + 332 pp. isbn: 9781107121843 (Hardcover)The Age of Sail has remained an enduring academic field simply because of this period’s unprecedented impact on global development over the centuries that followed. Nevertheless, maritime history in East Asia has not received the attention it deserves. This book, by examining a seemingly old topic, namely the Zheng organization, in terms of its constitution and ideology, its policies toward regime construction and maritime expansion, and its efforts to define its political status within East Asia (14–16), constitutes a commendable step toward positioning East Asia alongside Western Europe in discussions about early modern world history.In addition to the introduction and conclusion, this book consists of seven chapters. Chapter 1, “Setting the stage,” together with chapter 2, “From smuggler-pirates to loyal Confucians,” introduces the historical background before Koxinga (Zheng Chenggong) took charge of the organization. Fujian, where the Zheng organization originated, can be understood in three successively larger contexts: Greater Fujian, the Asian Mediterranean, and the East Asian world-region. All three contexts aid in the interpretation of Fujian in different http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Asian Review of World Histories Brill

Conflict and Commerce in Maritime East Asia: The Zheng Family and the Shaping of the Modern World, c. 1620–1720, written by Xing Hang

Wu, Hongsheng
Asian Review of World Histories , Volume 6 (1): 3 – Jan 30, 2018
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Conflict and Commerce in Maritime East Asia: The Zheng Family and the Shaping of the Modern World, c. 1620–1720. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015. x + 332 pp. isbn: 9781107121843 (Hardcover)The Age of Sail has remained an enduring academic field simply because of this period’s unprecedented impact on global development over the centuries that followed. Nevertheless, maritime history in East Asia has not received the attention it deserves. This book, by examining a seemingly old topic, namely the Zheng organization, in terms of its constitution and ideology, its policies toward regime construction and maritime expansion, and its efforts to define its political status within East Asia (14–16), constitutes a commendable step toward positioning East Asia alongside Western Europe in discussions about early modern world history.In addition to the introduction and conclusion, this book consists of seven chapters. Chapter 1, “Setting the stage,” together with chapter 2, “From smuggler-pirates to loyal Confucians,” introduces the historical background before Koxinga (Zheng Chenggong) took charge of the organization. Fujian, where the Zheng organization originated, can be understood in three successively larger contexts: Greater Fujian, the Asian Mediterranean, and the East Asian world-region. All three contexts aid in the interpretation of Fujian in different

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