The Maritime Defence of China: Ming General Qi Jiguang and Beyond (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789811041624)

Section 1: Historiography, biography and ideas of Qi Jiguang.- Chapter 1 Brief introduction to Qi Jiguang and discussion of issues relating to China's maritime defence and Qi's ideas.- Chapter 2 Qi Jiguang and Hu Zongxian's anti-wokou campaign.- Chapter 3 A terrible scourge: Chinese piracy, coastal defence in broad historical perspective.- Chapter 4 The martial arts in Qi Jiguang's military training.- Chapter 5 The arquebus volley technique in China, c. 1560: Evidence from the writings of Qi Jiguang.- Chapter 6 Zeng Guofan's application of Qi Jiguang's doctrines in the Taiping Uprising.- Chapter 7 The Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy and the history of coastal defence.- Section 2: Maritime and security environment during Qi Jiguang's enterprise and beyond.- Chapter 8 Early Ming's skirmishes with the Portuguese as an indication of Ming military developments and the military dimension of Luso-Ming interactions.- Chapter 9 The retrogression of overseas geographical knowledge during the mid-Ming period.- Chapter 10: Cutting dwarf pirates down to size: Amphibious warfare in sixteenth-century East Asia.- Chapter 11 Rebel with a cause: Chinese merchant-pirates in Southeast Asia in the sixteenth century.- Chapter 12 Naval technology, state power and the influence of Qi Jiguang in the late Ming.- Chapter 13 The rise of private maritime trading powers in Fujian and their inputs on the view of the sea during the Ming dynasty.- Chapter 14 The development of Ming-Qing coastal defence and navy.

Author: Y. H. Teddy Sim
ISBN-10: 9811041628
ISBN-13: 9789811041624
Publisher: Springer
Language: English
Published: 07/18/2017
Pages: 277
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.41lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.81d