Global piracy : a documentary history of seaborne banditry / James E. Wadsworth.
| Author/creator | Wadsworth, James E. author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2019. |
| Copyright Date | ©2019 |
| Description | xii, 328 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Documentary history of seaborne banditry |
| Contents | 1. Enemies of all nations -- 2. Bandits of the wine dark sea: piracy in the classical world -- 3. Vikings: the scourge from the North -- 4. English sea dogs and the pillaging of empire -- 5. Dwarf pirates: pillaging the Korean and Chinese coasts -- 6. Dutch sea beggars and the business of piracy -- 7. Brethren of the coast: Caribbean buccaneers -- 8. Fishers of men: piracy and state formation in Southeast Asia -- 9. 'Our sea': corsairs of the Mediterranean -- 10. Beneath the Jolly Roger: an age of chaos, an age of gold -- 11. Maritime marginals: piracy in late Imperial China -- 12. Community of Thieves: piracy in the Western Indian Ocean. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-304) and index. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| ISBN | 135005819X (hardback) |
| ISBN | 9781350058194 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 9781350058187 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 1350058181 (paperback) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | G535 .W34 2019 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |