{"product_id":"the-golden-age-of-piracy-in-china-1520-1810-a-short-history-with-documents-9781538161531","title":"The Golden Age of Piracy in China, 1520-1810: A Short History with Documents","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis bookexposes readers to the little-known history of Chinese piracy from the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries, when it was unsurpassed in size and scope anywhere else in the world. By providing a large selection of primary sources, this book allows previously silenced pirates, victims, and officials to tell their stories in their own words.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore his retirement in 2019, Robert J. Antony was distinguished professor and senior researcher at Guangzhou University. He is the author of Like Froth Floating on the Sea: The World of Pirates and Seafarers in Late Imperial South China (2003), Unruly People: Crime, Community, and State in Late Imperial South China (2016), and The Golden Age of Piracy in China, 1520-1810: A Short History with Documents (2022). He now lives with his wife near Princeton, New Jersey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50929966645522,"sku":"9781538161531","price":36.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_504ea3a5-677f-475c-9737-4b70debe1ad6.jpg?v=1739058752","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-golden-age-of-piracy-in-china-1520-1810-a-short-history-with-documents-9781538161531","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}