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Maritime Ryukyu, 1050-1650
Title
Maritime Ryukyu, 1050-1650 / Gregory Smits.
ISBN
9780824873370
0824873378
Publication
Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2019]
Physical Description
xii, 303 pages : illustrations ; 24cm
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 07, 2019
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Ryukyu in the East China Sea network
Wakō and the Ryukyu Islands
A state for trade purposes
The enigma of the three principalities
Geographies of power
The first Shō Dynasty
Seizures, erasures, and resurgences
The second Shō Dynasty's challenges
Assembling a royal line
Centering Shuri and forging an empire
The Ryukyu Empire
Politics and religion
A changing world and the road to war
The war
Aftermath
Many Ryukyus.
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
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