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The Golden Age of Piracy: The Rise, Fall, and Enduring Popularity of Pirates Kindle Edition

by David Head (Editor), Douglas R. Burgess (Contributor), Guy Chet (Contributor), Format: Kindle Edition

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Twelve authors shed new light on the true history and enduring mythology of seventeenth– and eighteenth–century pirates in this anthology of scholarly essays.

The twelve entries in The Golden Age of Piracy discuss why pirates thrived in the seas of the New World, how pirates operated their plundering ventures, how governments battled piracy, and when and why piracy declined. Separating Hollywood myth from historical fact, these essays bring the real pirates of the Caribbean to life with a level of rigor and insight rarely applied to the subject.

The Golden Age of Piracy also delves into the enduring status of pirates as pop culture icons. Audiences have devoured stories about cutthroats such as Blackbeard and Henry Morgan since before Robert Louis Stevenson wrote Treasure Island. By looking at the ideas of gender and sexuality surrounding pirate stories, the renewed interest in hunting for pirate treasure, and the construction of pirate myths, the contributing authors tell a new story about the dangerous men, and a few dangerous women, who terrorized the high seas.

Contributors: Douglas R. Burgess, Guy Chet, John A. Coakley, Carolyn Eastman, Adam Jortner, Peter T. Leeson, Margarette Lincoln, Virginia W. Lunsford, Kevin P. McDonald, Carla Gardina Pestana, Matthew Taylor Raffety, and David Wilson.

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Given this book’s title, readers may automatically suspect that it is just another volume regurgitating the familiar stories related to Caribbean buccaneering in the seventeenth century. That would be a mistake; buccaneers are in this book, but it is a series of articles touching on many aspects of early modern piracy. -- Robert C. Ritchie ― The Journal of American History

From historical accounts to today’s pop culture, this volume paints a broad picture of piracy during its ‘Golden Age.’ It is a fascinating study of how pirates were viewed by their contemporaries and their impact on politics and economies through time. The Golden Age of Piracy is a provocative, scholarly, and entertaining book on a topic we only think we know about. -- Charles R. Ewen ― coeditor of Pieces of Eight: More Archaeology of Piracy

Just when you thought the Age of Depp was waning, along comes The Golden Age of Piracy. This superb collection harnesses the best and most innovative scholarship on Atlantic piracy, ranging from the real and material to the pirate's troubled public image. Historians, literary scholars, and economists all weigh in on why piracy took off in American waters after the English seizure of Jamaica and why it was largely suppressed within a few generations. . . . There is something here for everyone, more than enough to inspire a new cinematic franchise. -- Kris Lane ― author of Pillaging the Empire: Global Piracy on the High Seas, 1500–1750

About the Author

DAVID HEAD is a lecturer of history at the University of Central Florida and the author of Privateers of the Americas: Spanish American Privateering from the United States in the Early Republic (Georgia).

Product details

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07DP4J7G8
Publisher ‏ : ‎ University of Georgia Press (June 15, 2018)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 15, 2018
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 5546 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 265 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #626,224 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #94 in History of the Caribbean & West Indies
- #134 in Maritime History & Piracy (Kindle Store)
- #214 in History of Central America

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David Head teaches history at the University of Central Florida in Orlando. Originally from Western New York, he received his B.A. in history from Niagara University and his Ph.D. from the University at Buffalo.

An expert in maritime history, pirates, and privateers as well as the American Revolution and the Founding Fathers, David has published four books, including two as author and two as editor. His work has been honored by Mystic Seaport Museum, the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic, and the Maryland Historical Society, and his research has been supported, most recently, by the National Endowment for the Humanities and by George Washington's Mount Vernon.

David lives in Orlando with his wife and three children and enjoys visits to Disney World. His superpower is grading papers while little girls climb on him.