EBook For The Punishment of Pirates Interpretation and Institutional Order in the Early Modern British Empire 1st Edition By Matthew Norton

EBook For The Punishment of Pirates Interpretation and Institutional Order in the Early Modern British Empire 1st Edition By Matthew Norton

Table Of Content

1. Contents
2. Introduction
3. 1: Institutions as Cultural Systems
4. 2: The Transformations of Empire
5. 3: Vagueness and Violence on the Maritime Periphery
6. 4: The Classification of Pirates
7. 5: Guns, Gallows, and Interpretive Infrastructures
8. 6: “Hung Up in Irons, to Be a Spectacle, and So a Warning to Others”
9. 7: Ambiguity Lost
10. Conclusion
11. Acknowledgments
12. Notes
13. References
14. Index

Description

The Punishment of Pirates by Matthew Norton tells the story of how the British Empire fought against pirates.

In the early 1600s, many pirates became rich by stealing from ships because there weren’t many rules or police on the seas. But as the British Empire grew and relied more on trade across the ocean, pirates became a big problem.

This book explains how, during the 1600s and 1700s, the British Empire made new laws and took action to stop pirates and protect their ships and trade. It’s an exciting look at history and how pirates were punished.