In the name of the battle against piracy : : ideas and practices in state monopoly of maritime violence in Europe and Asia in the period of transition / / edited by Ota Atsushi.

• Superior document: European expansion and indigenous response ; 29
• TeilnehmendeR: Atsushi, Ota.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden : : Brill,, 2018.
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: European Expansion and Indigenous Response 29.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (284 pages).

In the Name of the Battle against Piracy discusses antipiracy campaigns in Europe and Asia in the 16th-19th centuries. Nine contributors argue how important antipiracy campaigns were for the establishment of a (colonial) state, because piracy was a threat not only to maritime commerce, but also to i...