The golden age of piracy :: the rise, fall, and enduring popularity of pirates /

"Twelve scholars of piracy show why pirates thrived in the New World seas of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century empires, how pirates operated their plundering ventures, how governments battled piracy, and when and why piracy declined. The essays presented take the study of piracy, which can ea...

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Other Authors: Head, David (Historian) (Editor, Contributor), Burgess, Douglas R., Jr (Contributor), Chet, Guy, 1968- (Contributor), Coakley, John A. (Contributor), Eastman, Carolyn (Contributor), Jortner, Adam Joseph (Contributor), Leeson, Peter T., 1979- (Contributor), Lincoln, Margarette (Contributor), Lunsford, Virginia West (Contributor), McDonald, Kevin P., 1972- (Contributor), Pestana, Carla Gardina (Contributor), Raffety, Matthew Taylor, 1972- (Contributor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Athens, Georgia : The University of Georgia Press, [2018]
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:"Twelve scholars of piracy show why pirates thrived in the New World seas of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century empires, how pirates operated their plundering ventures, how governments battled piracy, and when and why piracy declined. The essays presented take the study of piracy, which can eaisly lapse into rousing, romanticized stories, to new heights of rigor and insight. The Golden Age of Piracy also delves into the enduring status of pirates as pop culture icons. Audiences have devoured stories about cutthroats such as Blackbeard and Henry Morgan from the time that pirates sailed the sea. By looking at the ideas of gender and sexuality surrounding the pirate stories, the fad for hunting pirate treasure, and the construction of pirate myths, the book's contributors tell a new story about the dangerous men, and a few dnagerous women, who terrorized the high seas"
Physical Description:1 online resource (vi, 256 pages) : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780820353272
0820353272

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