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Taught by Professor Manushag N. Powell | 29 min | Categories: History
What created the conditions under which piracy flourished in previous centuries and still exists today? Explore the complex relationships between piracy and land-based merchants, governments, and imperialism. Learn how imperial politics in conjunction with globalized pressures on local markets provide fertile ground for piracy.
24 Lectures
1
What Is a Pirate?
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of 26 min
2
Pirate Facts and Fictions
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of 26 min
3
Real Pirates of the Caribbean
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of 27 min
4
Pirate Attacks and Tactics
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of 25 min
5
Buried Treasure and Pirate Economics
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of 26 min
6
Pirates as Freedom Fighters
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of 28 min
7
Pirates and Enslavement
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of 27 min
8
The Sea Dogs of Elizabeth I
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of 27 min
9
The Corsairs of the Maghreb
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of 29 min
10
The Buccaneers of America
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of 28 min
11
The Red Sea Men of the Pirate Round
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of 27 min
12
Piracy in the China Seas
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of 28 min
13
Pirates as Explorers
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of 28 min
14
Pirates and Empires
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of 29 min
15
Life on a Pirate Ship
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of 27 min
16
Pirate Music and Performances
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of 27 min
17
Pirate Kings
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of 28 min
18
She-Pirates
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of 27 min
19
Women as Pirate Commanders
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of 28 min
20
Pirates in Literature and the Theater
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of 28 min
21
Prosecuting Pirates
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of 26 min
22
Can Piracy Be Stamped Out?
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of 27 min
23
Pirates in Modern Times
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of 29 min
24
Pirates in Pop Culture and Beyond
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of 30 min
