Pirate imperialism: trade, abolition, and global suppression of maritime raiding, 1825-1870

Abstract

"This first truly global history of the suppression of piracy links maritime raiding to empire building in the nineteenth century"--Front flap.

Contents

Civilization and the suppression of maritime raiding -- Abolition and the suppression of maritime raiding -- Commerce and the suppression of maritime raiding -- Proto-colonial expansion and the suppression of maritime raiding -- Inter-imperial cooperation and conflict around the suppression of maritime raiding.