The sovereign and the pirate [electronic resource] : ordering maritime subjects in India's western littoral / Lakshmi Subramanian.
2016
KNS1056.3
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Title
The sovereign and the pirate [electronic resource] : ordering maritime subjects in India's western littoral / Lakshmi Subramanian.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780199087082 (electronic book)
Published
New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xiv, 258 pages) : map
Item Number
10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199467044 doi
Call Number
KNS1056.3
Dewey Decimal Classification
345.540264
Summary
This work focuses on the phenomenon of predation during the closing decades of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th century in India's western littoral. It attempts a material history of piracy, locating its antecedents, its social context and its ramifications at a crucial time of political transition. It considers the possibility of studying piracy through the lens of law and resistance.
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This work focuses on the phenomenon of predation during the closing decades of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th century in India's western littoral. It attempts a material history of piracy, locating its antecedents, its social context and its ramifications at a crucial time of political transition. It considers the possibility of studying piracy through the lens of law and resistance.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Sovereign and the pirate.
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