Suppressing piracy in the early eighteenth century : pirates, merchants and British imperial authority in the Atlantic and Indian oceans /

Shows how Britain and its empire was not a strong centralised imperial state and that it was only through manifold activities taking place in different colonial centres with varied colonial arrangements that the surge in piracy in this period was contained and reduced.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wilson, David (Maritime historian) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Woodbridge, Suffolk ; Rochester, NY : The Boydell Press, 2021.
Temas:
Great Britain. > Royal Navy > History > 18th century.
Great Britain. > Royal Navy
1700-1799
Piracy > Atlantic Ocean > History > 18th century.
Piracy > Indian Ocean > History > 18th century.
British colonies
Colonies > Administration
Piracy
Great Britain > History, Naval > 18th century.
Great Britain > Colonies > Administration.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire navale > 18e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne > Colonies > Administration.
Indian Ocean
Great Britain
Atlantic Ocean
Naval history
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction; Chapter One: Peacetime Disputes and the Rise of Piracy; Chapter Two: Caribbean Piracy and the Protection of Trade; Chapter Three: Woodes Rogers and Private Enterprise in New Providence; Chapter Four: Colonial Maritime Defence and Piracy in North America; Chapter Five: The Slave Trading Lobby and Piracy in West Africa; Chapter Six: Piracy and Company Sovereignty in the Indian Ocean; Chapter Seven: The Structural Weaknesses of Piracy and Imperial Maritime Power in the Western Atlantic; Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography

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