Pirates in the Age of Sail

by Robert J. Antony

Overview

Pirates in the Age of Sail takes a global perspective to explore the world of pirates between the early sixteenth and middle nineteenth centuries.

It examines the major events and personalities in the history of piracy. Antony has selected primacy sources that allow readers to examine pirates on their own terms and to reconstruct their daily lives and aspirations. Pirates in the Age of Sail also examines the role of pirates in the political, social, and economic transformations of the early modern world, with an emphasis on cultural and ethnic diversity.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780393927887
Publisher:	Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Publication date:	04/17/2007
Series:	Norton Documents Reader
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	216
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Robert J. Antony teaches at the University of Macau and has published two books on Chinese history: Like Froth Floating on the Sea: The World of Pirates and Seafarers in Late Imperial South China and Dragons, Tigers, and Dogs: Qing Crisis Management and the boundaries of State Power in Late Imperial China.