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The politics of piracy : crime and civil disobedience in colonial America
- Title
- The politics of piracy : crime and civil disobedience in colonial America / Douglas R. Burgess Jr.
- Author
- Burgess, Douglas R., Jr
- Publication
- Lebanon, NH : ForeEdge, [2014]
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | IF 15-30 | Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121 |
Details
- Description
- 291 pages; 24 cm
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-284) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: the sorrowful tale of Robert Snead -- Part I. Beginnings -- London fog: a brief, confusing history of English piracy law -- The phantom fleet of Porto Principe: privateering and admiralty, 1660-1688 -- "A spot upon our garment": the Red Sea fever in colonial New York, 1691-1698 -- Part II. An empire in crisis -- Voyage of the Fancy, 1696 -- The successful pyrate: a tale of two trials -- The ballad of Henry Every: criminality and print culture in the public sphere -- Part III. Pirate nests -- "Ignorance of their duty": a New Jersey warning, 1697 -- A society of friends: piracy and Quakerism in Pennsylvania -- "A bloody crew of privateers": resistance and right in Rhode Island -- Part IV. Rope's end -- The bonds of slavery: law, letters, and the Resumption Bill of 1701-2 -- From community to periphery: trial and execution in the American colonies, 1705-1730 -- Conclusion: forgotten revolutions.
- Call Number
- IF 15-30
- ISBN
- 9781611685275
- 1611685273
- LCCN
- 2014009211
- OCLC
- 883745660
- Author
- Burgess, Douglas R., Jr, author.
- Title
- The politics of piracy : crime and civil disobedience in colonial America / Douglas R. Burgess Jr.
- Publisher
- Lebanon, NH : ForeEdge, [2014]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-284) and index.
- Research Call Number
- IF 15-30