Early Modern East Asia : War, Commerce, and Cultural Exchange (Hardcover)

Introduction: Jack Wills and His Work and Influence. 1. Qing Opium Dependency and Republican Opium Autonomy. 2. Rivers of Blood & Roads of Bones: Sichuan in the Ming-Qing Transition. 3. Dueling Wills: Dutch Administration and Formosan Power, 1624-1668. 4. Sultan Hasanuddin's Rationale for Re-expansion: Avenging Tiworo's Defeat in the Seascape of the Spice Wars. 5. Maritime China in Global Military History: Some Reflections on the Chase Model. 6. The Military Implication of Zhu Wan’s Coastal Campaign in Southeastern China: Focusing on the Matchlock Gun (1548-1566). 7.The Seventeenth-Century Guangdong Pirates and Their Transnational Impact. 8. A Ship Full of Chinese Passengers: Princess Amelia’s Voyage from London to China in 1816-1817. 9. Hierarchy and Anarchy in Early Modern East Asia: The Tribute System as an International System. 10. Why Is China So Big? And Other Big Questions: An interview with John E.Wills, Jr., Amsterdam, 2005. 11. 2016 Postscript to the Itinerario Interview. 12. List of Publications by Jack Wills