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Author | : Kris E Lane |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 262 |
Release | : 2015-03-04 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1317462807 |
This introductory survey to maritime predation in the Americas from the age of Columbus to the reign of the Spanish king Philip V includes piracy, privateering (state-sponsored sea-robbery), and genuine warfare carried out by professional navies.
Author | : Kris E Lane |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2015-07-24 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1317524470 |
Between 1500 and 1750, European expansion and global interaction produced vast wealth. As goods traveled by ship along new global trade routes, piracy also flourished on the world’s seas. Pillaging the Empire tells the fascinating story of maritime predation in this period, including the perspectives of both pirates and their victims. Brushing aside the romantic legends of piracy, Kris Lane pays careful attention to the varied circumstances and motives that led to the rise of this bloodthirsty pursuit of riches, and places the history of piracy in the context of early modern empire building. This second edition of Pillaging the Empire has been revised and expanded to incorporate the latest scholarship on piracy, maritime law, and early modern state formation. With a new chapter on piracy in East and Southeast Asia, Lane considers piracy as a global phenomenon. Filled with colorful details and stories of individual pirates from Francis Drake to the women pirates Ann Bonny and Mary Read, this engaging narrative will be of interest to all those studying the history of Latin America, the Atlantic world, and the global empires of the early modern era.
Author | : Kris E. Lane |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : America |
ISBN | : 9780765638427 |
This second edition of Kris Lane's best-selling Pillaging the Empire retains its concise narrative form, but now includes an updated review of pirate scholarship since the first edition was published in 1998, including a new section on piracy in East and Southeast Asia in the early modern period. Lane's treatment of piracy between 1500 and 1750 remains unique in its broad coverage and inclusion of victims' perspectives. With the inclusion of new material on piracy in East and Southeast Asia, the book is now unique for narrating global piracy. This engaging story of maritime predation from the age of Columbus to the reign of Charles V of Spain is a fascinating account of the complex phenomenon that was the classic age of piracy. The well-known pirate leaders such as Francis Drake and Henry Morgan are present along with lesser-known figures such as Ann Bonny and Mary Read, two of the few female pirates on record. Pillaging the Empire brushes aside many legends, and pays careful attention to the varied circumstances and still more varied motives that led to the rise of this bloodthirsty pursuit of riches.
Author | : Henry Higuera |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780847680511 |
A revision of the author's Ph.D. thesis for the U. of Toronto. It examines political dimensions of Don Quixote, which have mostly been ignored by Anglophone critics, and their implications with respect to Christianity. Paper edition (unseen), $22.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author | : Robert Aldrich |
Publisher | : Thames & Hudson |
Total Pages | : 424 |
Release | : 2020-06-23 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0500775303 |
The critical story of thirteen empires, showing their key role in the foundation of today’s global civilization. For over five hundred years, empires have been a feature of the political landscape, and today, many contemporary conflicts resonate with issues tied to colonial conquest and the uneasy situations they produced. Empires evoke potent images: Henry Morton Stanley, David Livingstone, and the gallery of colonial explorers; the Spanish conquistadors’ quest for gold and silver; and the Dutch heritage of trade in the East Indies. These legacies still pose major issues for historians who study their key role in the foundation of today’s global civilization. The Age of Empires frames the era of empires with maps of explorations, chronologies of voyages, records of settlers and administrators, the balance sheets of commerce, and other records that made up the Age of Empires. This account incorporates research from across the globe and vivid illustrations to tell a story full of conflict, cruelty, great journeys, and influence.
Author | : Eduardo Galeano |
Publisher | : NYU Press |
Total Pages | : 335 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0853459908 |
[In this book, the author's] analysis of the effects and causes of capitalist underdevelopment in Latin America present [an] account of ... Latin American history. [The author] shows how foreign companies reaped huge profits through their operations in Latin America. He explains the politics of the Latin American bourgeoisies and their subservience to foreign powers, and how they interacted to create increasingly unequal capitalist societies in Latin America.-Back cover.
Author | : Harry Turtledove |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 298 |
Release | : 2004-10 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780765346094 |
The launch of an exciting new series of parallel-world adventure from "the modern master of alternate history" (Publishers Weekly)
Author | : Andrew Dalby |
Publisher | : Psychology Press |
Total Pages | : 350 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Dinners and dining in literature |
ISBN | : 9780415280730 |
An evocative survey of the sensory culture of the Roman Empire, showing how the Romans themselves depicted their food, wine and entertainments in literature and in art.
Author | : Mark G. Hanna |
Publisher | : UNC Press Books |
Total Pages | : 465 |
Release | : 2015-10-22 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1469617951 |
Analyzing the rise and subsequent fall of international piracy from the perspective of colonial hinterlands, Mark G. Hanna explores the often overt support of sea marauders in maritime communities from the inception of England's burgeoning empire in the 1570s to its administrative consolidation by the 1740s. Although traditionally depicted as swashbuckling adventurers on the high seas, pirates played a crucial role on land. Far from a hindrance to trade, their enterprises contributed to commercial development and to the economic infrastructure of port towns. English piracy and unregulated privateering flourished in the Pacific, the Caribbean, and the Indian Ocean because of merchant elites' active support in the North American colonies. Sea marauders represented a real as well as a symbolic challenge to legal and commercial policies formulated by distant and ineffectual administrative bodies that undermined the financial prosperity and defense of the colonies. Departing from previous understandings of deep-sea marauding, this study reveals the full scope of pirates' activities in relation to the landed communities that they serviced and their impact on patterns of development that formed early America and the British Empire.
Author | : Lane |
Publisher | : M.E. Sharpe |
Total Pages | : 270 |
Release | : |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780765630834 |
This introductory survey to maritime predation in the Americas from the age of Columbus to the reign of the Spanish king Philip V includes piracy, privateering (state-sponsored sea-robbery), and genuine warfare carried out by professional navies.