Description
Book SynopsisThose travelling on the seas have always been vulnerable to the attacks of predators acting within or without the law. This book focuses on the character of pirate communities in the Caribbean, the East Indies and China, and on the scale and significance of privateering operations based in the principal European maritime states.
Trade Review... the inclusion of essays concerning numerous countries allows the opportunity to compare the economic impact of piracy and privateering in a variety of areas. * International Journal of Maritime History *
... Adds greatly to the corpus of solid research. * The International History Review *
... As a quantity of new evidence, intriguingly presented, it is certainly a valuable piece of work. * The Great Circle, vol. 19, No. 2 *
The book is a new and wide-ranging study showing how privateering and piracy played a central role in 18th and 19th century maritime and economic history. All the essays are exceptionally well supported with documentary references. Maps, illustrations, tabulated data and a sound index complete a most satisfying and scholarly study. * Lloyd's List *
Table of Contents
- Maps and Tables
- Figures
- Notes on Contributors
- Preface
- Introduction - DAVID J. STARKEY
- 1. Government Measures against Piracy and Privateering in the Atlantic Area, 1750-1850 - ROBERT C. RITCHIE
- 2. Hydrarchy and Libertalia: The Utopian Dimensions of Atlantic Piracy in the Early Eighteenth Century - MARCUS REDIKER
- 3. Living and Working Conditions in Chinese Pirate Communities, 1750-1850 - DIAN MURRAY
- 4. Living and Working Conditions in Philippine Pirate Communities, 1750-1850 - GHISLAINE LOYRÉ
- 5. Piracy in the Eastern Seas, 1750-1850: Some Economic Implications - J. L. ANDERSON
- 6. Mediterranean Privateering between the Treaties of Utrecht and Paris, 1715-1856: First Reflections - GONÇAL LÓPEZ NADAL
- 7. A Restless Spirit: British Privateering Enterprise, 1739-1815 - DAVID J. STARKEY
- 8. Cruising in Colonial Waters: The Organization of North American Privateering in the War of 1812 - FAYE KERT
- 9. Experience, Skill and Luck: French Privateering Expeditions, 1792-1815 - PATRICK CROWHURST
- 10. The Organization of a Privateering Expedition by the Middelburgse Commercie Compagnie, 1747-1748 - CORRIE REINDERS FOLMER
- 11. The Risky Alternative: Dutch Privateering during the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War, 1780-1783 - JAN VAN ZIJVERDEN
- 12. Profit and Neutrality: The Case of Ostend, 1781-1783 - JAN PARMENTIER
- 13. Privateers, Piracy and Prosperity: Danish Shipping in War and Peace, 1750-1807 - OLE FELDBACK
- 14. The Voyage of the Bornholm: Danish Convoy Service in the Caribbean, 1780-1781 - ERIK GOEBEL
- Index
