British Pirates and Society, 1680-1730

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Describes and explains contemporary attitudes to pirates and piracy through their portrayal in trial reports, novels, legal documents, sermons, ballads and newspapers. Has sections: 'Introduction - pirate lifestyles'; 'Punishing miscreants - pirates and the metropolis'; 'Dominion of the seas - pirates and the law'; 'A growing evil - pirates and commerce'; 'The taste of the town - pirates and 'polite society''; ''A nest of vermin' - representations of Madagascar'; 'Alternative masculinities - pirates and family life'; ''Stand and deliver' - the pirate inheritance'