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Persistent Piracy : Historical Perspectives on Maritime Violence and State Formation

Eklöf Amirell, Stefan LU and Müller, Leos (2014)
Abstract
Abstract in Undetermined
Warfare and legitimate violence have long been seen as key elements in state formation. Persistent Piracy brings into the picture the long missing component of maritime violence – and shows it to be of vital importance to the formation and, on occasion, disintegration, of states. Spanning from the Caribbean to East Asia and covering almost 3,000 years of history, from Classical Antiquity to the eve of the twenty-first century, the book is an important contribution to the history of state formation as well as the history of violence at sea. The book has contributions by leading authorities in the field of piracy studies and history more generally: Philip de Souza, Neil Price, Wolfgang Kaiser, Guillame Calafat,... (More)
Abstract in Undetermined
Warfare and legitimate violence have long been seen as key elements in state formation. Persistent Piracy brings into the picture the long missing component of maritime violence – and shows it to be of vital importance to the formation and, on occasion, disintegration, of states. Spanning from the Caribbean to East Asia and covering almost 3,000 years of history, from Classical Antiquity to the eve of the twenty-first century, the book is an important contribution to the history of state formation as well as the history of violence at sea. The book has contributions by leading authorities in the field of piracy studies and history more generally: Philip de Souza, Neil Price, Wolfgang Kaiser, Guillame Calafat, James K. Chin, Robert J. Antony, David J. Starkey, Matthew McCarthy, James Francis Warren and Stig Jarle Hansen. (Less)
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editor
LU and Müller, Leos
organization
publishing date
type
Book/Report
publication status
published
subject
keywords
Maritime History, Global History, State Formation, Piracy
pages
215 pages
publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN
978-1-137-35285-9
language
English
LU publication?
yes
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a62b7a09-b1fe-4d77-bc1f-37e1f6e96982 (old id 3437529)
date added to LUP
2016-04-04 11:59:15
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2021-03-29 17:56:07
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  abstract     = {{Abstract in Undetermined<br/>Warfare and legitimate violence have long been seen as key elements in state formation. Persistent Piracy brings into the picture the long missing component of maritime violence – and shows it to be of vital importance to the formation and, on occasion, disintegration, of states. Spanning from the Caribbean to East Asia and covering almost 3,000 years of history, from Classical Antiquity to the eve of the twenty-first century, the book is an important contribution to the history of state formation as well as the history of violence at sea. The book has contributions by leading authorities in the field of piracy studies and history more generally: Philip de Souza, Neil Price, Wolfgang Kaiser, Guillame Calafat, James K. Chin, Robert J. Antony, David J. Starkey, Matthew McCarthy, James Francis Warren and Stig Jarle Hansen.}},
  editor       = {{Eklöf Amirell, Stefan and Müller, Leos}},
  isbn         = {{978-1-137-35285-9}},
  keywords     = {{Maritime History; Global History; State Formation; Piracy}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Book Editor}},
  publisher    = {{Palgrave Macmillan}},
  title        = {{Persistent Piracy : Historical Perspectives on Maritime Violence and State Formation}},
  year         = {{2014}},
}