Charles Johnson's general history of the pyrates and global commerce / Noel Chevalier.
| Author/creator | Chevalier, Noel, 1963- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Lewisburg, Pennsylvania : Bucknell University Press, [2025] |
| Description | xv, 178 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Transits: literature, thought & culture, 1650-1850 |
| Abstract | "Charles Johnson's General History of the Pyrates, first published in 1724, is a major source for our understanding of piracy at the end of the so-called Golden Age of Pirates (1680-1730), and also a fascinating text in its own right. This first comprehensive study of General History reads this multi-faceted volume within the context of commerce, colonialism, slavery, and law in the 1720s, suggesting that pirates-both fictional and historical-became symbolic of the anxieties surrounding global trade in this period. It argues that General History presents pirates on one hand as monsters, "the enemy of all humanity," fearful figures capable of destroying all commerce. At the same time, successful pirates, like successful merchants, were rapacious, crafty, opportunistic, and, when necessary, ruthless: all qualities of great men. General History therefore suggests that pirates, like global merchants, were two sides of the same blood-spattered coin, circulating in the morally-ambiguous world of global commerce"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages165-171) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2024041361 |
| ISBN | 9781684485543 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 9781684485536 (paperback) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |