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Pirates: Predators of the Sea
Author | : Angus Konstam |
Publisher | : Skyhorse Publishing Inc. |
Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 2007-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781602390355 |
Looks at the real life of pirates from ancient times through the present day, discussing why they became pirates, how they lived, life aboard ship, and how they died.
Pirates: Predators of the Seas
Author | : Angus Konstam |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2009-12 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781437969832 |
Reveals the truth behind our myths, fairy-tales, and Hollywood-inspired images of pirates. The reality is, unbelievably, even more intriguing than the flashing swords, talking parrots, and eye patches portrayed in the movies. In this lavishly illustrated tour through history, you can explore the lives of real pirates, such as Blackbeard, Thomas Tew, and Captain Kidd. Find out how, even today, pirates regularly attack and plunder ships. Discover their motivations, diverse backgrounds, daily lives, and codes of conduct. Peek inside pirate ships, trace their journeys on the map, see their bloody battles, and thrill at the daring, brutal ways in which they live and die. ¿Fascinating and colorful, this book dispels falsehoods and illuminates the truth about pirates.¿
Life Under the Jolly Roger
Author | : Gabriel Kuhn |
Publisher | : PM Press |
Total Pages | : 388 |
Release | : 2020-09-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 162963803X |
Over the last couple of decades, an ideological battle has raged over the political legacy and cultural symbolism of the “golden age” pirates who roamed the seas between the Caribbean Islands and the Indian Ocean from roughly 1690 to 1725. They are depicted as romanticized villains on the one hand and as genuine social rebels on the other. Life Under the Jolly Roger examines the political and cultural significance of these nomadic outlaws by relating historical accounts to a wide range of theoretical concepts—reaching from Marshall Sahlins and Pierre Clastres to Mao Zedong and Eric J. Hobsbawm via Friedrich Nietzsche and Michel Foucault. With daring theoretical speculation and passionate, respectful inquiry, Gabriel Kuhn skillfully contextualizes and analyzes the meanings of race, gender, sexuality, and disability in golden age pirate communities, while also surveying the breathtaking array of pirates’ forms of organization, economy, and ethics. Life Under the Jolly Roger also provides an extensive catalog of scholarly references for the academic reader. Yet this delightful and engaging study is written in language that is wholly accessible for a wide audience. This expanded second edition includes two new prefaces and an appendix with interviews about contemporary piracy, the ongoing fascination with pirate imagery, and the thorny issue of colonial implications in the romanticization of pirates.
Pirates in History and Popular Culture
Author | : Antonio Sanna |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 262 |
Release | : 2018-09-28 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1476673772 |
This collection of new essays covers the myriad portrayals of the figure of the pirate in historical records, literary narratives, films, television series, opera, anime and games. Contributors explore the nuances of both real and fictional pirates, giving attention to renowned works such as Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island, J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan, the Pirates of the Caribbean saga, and the anime One Piece, as well as less well known works such as pirate romances, William Clarke Russell's The Frozen Pirate, Lionel Lindsay's artworks, Steven Speilberg's The Adventures of Tintin, and Pastafarian texts.
Pirates, Buccaneers & other Scallywags & Swashbucklers A Complete Film Guide
Author | : Terry Rowan |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 140 |
Release | : 2014-05-05 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 1312146001 |
A comprehensive film guide depicting films about the pirates that roamed the seven seas. Interesting facts on actors and other personal that made these films possible. A special look at these swashbucklers and their way of life throughout history. Included are other historical classic films.
The Pirate Encyclopedia
Author | : Arne Zuidhoek |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 900 |
Release | : 2022-07-18 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9004515674 |
The Pirate Encyclopedia, as the essential companion for scholars, students, and a general audience intrigued by tales and facts, offers the most complete body of data available on the legitimacy of more than 7.000 adventurers as subjects of investigation.
Treasure and Intrigue
Author | : Graham Harris |
Publisher | : Dundurn |
Total Pages | : 353 |
Release | : 2002-09-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1554880335 |
Three hundred years ago, Captain Kidd was hanged for piracy, but before died he claimed to have hidden a vast fortune in the Indies. In the years since, maps to the fabled island have appeared and there have been many attempts to recover that treasure. This book examines Kidd’s life against the backdrop of piracy in the Indian Ocean and concludes that there is much to justify his claim, and even more to his story - a life of piracy thrust upon him by noble backers, men who broke their own laws and then let him die for their crimes.
Pirates of Empire
Author | : Stefan Eklöf Amirell |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 277 |
Release | : 2019-08-29 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1108484212 |
This comparative study of piracy and maritime violence provides a fresh understanding of European overseas expansion and colonisation in Asia. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
Maritime Piracy and Its Control: An Economic Analysis
Author | : C. Hallwood |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 207 |
Release | : 2014-12-15 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1137461500 |
Maritime Piracy and its Control develops an economic approach to the problem of modern-day maritime piracy with the goal of assessing the effectiveness of remedies aimed at reducing the incidence of piracy.