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- Title
Book Review: Suppressing Piracy in the Early Eighteenth Century: Pirates, Merchants and British Imperial Authority in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans by David Wilson.
- Authors
Chet, Guy
- Abstract
David Wilson's book, "Suppressing Piracy in the Early Eighteenth Century: Pirates, Merchants and British Imperial Authority in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans," challenges the prevailing narrative that attributes the end of Atlantic piracy to the British Empire's war on piracy. Instead, Wilson argues that local communities in Britain's New World colonies, particularly maritime merchants, played a central role in suppressing piracy through their own law enforcement efforts. While some scholars may disagree with Wilson's perspective, his study contributes to the growing skepticism of the Royal Navy's role in piracy suppression and highlights the importance of local circumstances and experiences in understanding the decline of piracy. Wilson's book complements existing piracy studies and offers a valuable perspective from the local, rather than metropolitan, viewpoint.
- Subjects
EIGHTEENTH century; BRITISH colonies; MERCHANTS; OCEAN; PIRATES
- Publication
International Journal of Maritime History, 2023, Vol 35, Issue 4, p695
- ISSN
0843-8714
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/08438714231203821