The problem of piracy in the early modern world : maritime predation, empire, and the construction of authority at sea /

The problem of piracy in the early modern world : maritime predation, empire, and the construction of authority at sea /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press [2024]
Description:	290 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Maritime humanities, 1400-1800 Maritime humanities, 1400-1800.
Subject:	Piracy. Pirates. Law of the sea.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13485244

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Other authors / contributors:	Coakley, John, editor. Kwan, C. Nathan, editor. Wilson, David, editor.
ISBN:	9789463720960 9463720960 9789048554263 9048554268
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"In the early modern period, both legal and illegal maritime predation was a common occurrence, but the expansion of European maritime empires exacerbated existing and created new problems of piracy across the globe. This collection of original case studies addresses these early modern problems in three sections: first, states' attempts to exercise jurisdiction over seafarers and their actions; second, the multiple predatory marine practices considered 'piracy'; and finally, the many representations made about piracy by states or the seafarers themselves. Across eight chapters covering regions including southeast Asia, the Atlantic archipelago, the North African states, and the Caribbean Sea, the complexities of defining and criminalising maritime predation is explored, raising questions surrounding subjecthood, interpolity law, and the impacts of colonisation on the legal and social construction of ocean, port, and coastal spaces. Seeking the meanings and motivations behind piracy, this book reveals that while European states attempted to fashion piracy into a global and homogenous phenomenon, it was largely a local and often idiosyncratic issue."--Provided by the publisher.

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