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: Ōta, Atsushi.
• 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).
• Other title: Preliminary Material --; Introduction /; 1 Privateers in the Early-Modern Mediterranean: Violence, Diplomacy and Commerce in the Maghrib, c. 1600-1830 /; 2 Plunder and Free Trade: British Privateering and Its Abolition in 1856 in Global Perspective /; 3 The Making of the ‘Joasmee’ Pirates: A Relativist Reconsideration of the Qawāsimi Piracy in the Persian Gulf /; 4 Petitions and Predation: The Politics of Representation in Northwest India at the Turn of the Nineteenth Century /; 5 Trade, Piracy, and Sovereignty: Changing Perceptions of Piracy and Dutch Colonial State-Building in Malay Waters, c. 1780-1830 /; 6 In the Name of Sovereignty: Spain’s Tackling of ‘Moro’ Piracy in the Sulu Zone, 1768-1898 /; 7 Piracy Prohibition Edicts and the Establishment of Maritime Control System in Japan, c. 1585-1640 /; 8 The Suppression of Pirates in the China Seas by the Naval Forces of China, Macao, and Britain (1780-1860) /; Conclusion /; Bibliography /; Index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004361480
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Ota Atsushi.

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 its sovereignty. 'Battle against piracy' offered a good reason for a state to claim its authority as the sole protector of people, and to establish peace, order, and sovereignty. In fact, as the contributors explain, the story was not that simple, because states sometimes attempted to make economic and political use of piracy, while private interests were strongly involved in antipiracy politics. State formation processes were not clearly separated from non-state elements. Contributors are: Kudo Akihito, Satsuma Shinsuke, Suzuki Hideaki, Lakshmi Sabramanian, Ota Atsushi, James Francis Warren, Fujita Tatsuo, Murakami Ei, and Toyooka Yasufumi.