The Golden Age of Piracy The Rise, Fall, and Enduring Popularity of Pirates |
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| Editor:
| Head, David |
| Author:
| Burgess, Douglas R.
Chet, Guy
Coakley, John A.
Eastman, Carolyn
Jortner, Adam
Leeson, Peter T.
Lincoln, Margarette
Lunsford, Virginia
McDonald, Kevin P.
Pestana, Carla Gardina
Raffety, Matthew Taylor
Wilson, David |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8203-5326-5 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2018 |
| Publisher: | University of Georgia Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $84.95 |
Book Description:
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Twelve scholars of piracy show why pirates thrived in the New World seas of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century empires, how pirates operated their plundering ventures, how governments battled piracy, and when and why piracy declined.
Twelve scholars of piracy show why pirates thrived in the New World seas of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century empires, how pirates operated their plundering ventures, how governments battled piracy, and when and why piracy declined.