Lords of the sea : pirates, violence, and commerce in late medieval Japan / Peter D. Shapinsky.
| Author/creator | Shapinsky, Peter D., 1974- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Ann Arbor, MI : Center for Japanese Studies, The University of Michigan, 2014. |
| Copyright Date | ©2014 |
| Description | xiii, 327 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Michigan monograph series in Japanese studies ; number 76 Michigan monograph series in Japanese studies no. 76. ^A355711 |
| Contents | Introduction: Welcome to "The Pirate Isles" -- Japanese pirates and seascapes -- Pirates and purveyors : commerce, lordship, and maritime estates in late medieval Japan -- With the sea as their domain : the Noshima Murakami in the sixteenth century -- Pirates, guns, and ironclads : sea lords and the military revolution in sixteenth-century Japan -- Putting the Japanese in "Japanese pirates" -- Taming Leviathan : the transformations of sea lords in early modern Japan -- Glossary. |
| Scope and content | "Lords of the Sea revises our understanding of the epochal political, economic, and cultural transformations of Japan's late medieval period (1300-1600) by shifting the conventional land-based analytical framework to one centered on the perspectives of seafarers usually dismissed as 'pirates'"--Provided by publisher. |
| General note | "This book was financed in part through generous grants from the Dean's Office, College of Liberal Arts and Science, University of Illinois at Springfield, and the John Whitney Hall Book Imprint." |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| Genre/form | Naval history. |
| LCCN | 2014016634 |
| ISBN | 9781929280803 hardback |
| ISBN | 1929280807 hardback |
| ISBN | 9781929280810 paperback |
| ISBN | 1929280815 paperback |
| ISBN | electronic bk. |