Margarette Lincoln

British Pirates and Society, 1680-1730 (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Pirates contributed to the British understanding of trans-oceanic navigation, patterns of trade and remote communities. This knowledge advanced imperial expansion, which helps to explain why contemporary attitudes towards piracy were ambivalent. This book, an engaging study of vested interests and conflicting ideologies, shows how pirates were portrayed in trial reports, novels, legal documents, sermons, ballads and newspapers. It throws light on contemporary ideals of leadership and masculinity, gives insight into the domestic life of pirates, and offers comparisons with our experience of piracy today.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 286
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317171669
• Artikelnr.: 49364798

Autorenporträt

Dr Margarette Lincoln is Deputy Director and Director of Research and Collections at the National Maritime Museum, part of Royal Museums Greenwich, London. Before taking up a museum career she was an academic and has published widely in eighteenth-century studies. Her books include Representing the Navy: British Sea Power 1750-1815 (2002), Naval Wives and Mistresses 1745-1815 (2007), and the catalogue for the Museum's special exhibition, Nelson & Napoléon, edited in 2005. She was a trustee of the London Library from 2009 to 2013.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction: Pirate Lifestyles
Chapter 2 Punishing Miscreants: Pirates and the Metropolis
Chapter 3 Dominion of the Seas: Pirates and the Law
Chapter 4 A Growing Evil: Pirates and Commerce
Chapter 5 The Taste of the Town: Pirates and 'Polite Society'
Chapter 6 'A Nest of Vermin': Representations of Madagascar
Chapter 7 Alternative Masculinities: Pirates and Family Life
Chapter 8 'Stand and Deliver': The Pirate Inheritance