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4: The classification of pirates
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Introduction. Meanings and Mass Executions 1
- 1: Institutions as cultural systems 11
- 2: The transformations of empire 36
- 3: Vagueness and violence on the maritime periphery 53
- 4: The classification of pirates 82
- 5: Guns, gallows, and interpretive infrastructures 110
- 6: “Hung up in irons, to be a spectacle, and so a warning to others” 140
- 7: Ambiguity lost 158
- Conclusion. Pirates, Adverbs, and Institutions 177
- Acknowledgments 185
- Notes 187
- References 207
- Index 219
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Introduction. Meanings and Mass Executions 1
- 1: Institutions as cultural systems 11
- 2: The transformations of empire 36
- 3: Vagueness and violence on the maritime periphery 53
- 4: The classification of pirates 82
- 5: Guns, gallows, and interpretive infrastructures 110
- 6: “Hung up in irons, to be a spectacle, and so a warning to others” 140
- 7: Ambiguity lost 158
- Conclusion. Pirates, Adverbs, and Institutions 177
- Acknowledgments 185
- Notes 187
- References 207
- Index 219