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Pirates of Empire: Illicit Economies and the Making of the Caribbean-Atlantic World

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Pirates of Empire


Illicit Economies and the Making of the Caribbean-Atlantic World




What was the hidden economic engine driving the rise of empires in the Caribbean and Atlantic?
Pirates of Empire reveals how illicit trade, smuggling, and piracy shaped the early modern world,
transforming societies, economies, and political power in ways that still resonate today.




In this groundbreaking study, historian Davis Truman explores the complex networks of illegal commerce
that connected ports, plantatio...