{"product_id":"the-punishment-of-pirates-interpretation-and-institutional-order-in-the-early-modern-british-empire-paperback","title":"The Punishment of Pirates: Interpretation and Institutional Order in the Early Modern British Empire - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMatthew Norton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA sociological investigation into maritime state power told through an exploration of how the British Empire policed piracy.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Early in the seventeenth-century boom of seafaring, piracy allowed many enterprising and lawless men to make fortunes on the high seas, due in no small part to the lack of policing by the British crown. But as the British empire grew from being a collection of far-flung territories into a consolidated economic and political enterprise dependent on long-distance trade, pirates increasingly became a destabilizing threat. This development is traced by sociologist Matthew Norton in \u003ci\u003eThe Punishment of Pirates, \u003c\/i\u003etaking the reader on an exciting journey through the shifting legal status of pirates in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Norton shows us that eliminating this threat required an institutional shift: first identifying and defining piracy, and then brutally policing it. \u003ci\u003eThe Punishment of Pirates \u003c\/i\u003edevelops a new framework for understanding the cultural mechanisms involved in dividing, classifying, and constructing institutional order by tracing the transformation of piracy from a situation of cultivated ambiguity to a criminal category with violently patrolled boundaries--ending with its eradication as a systemic threat to trade in the English Empire. Replete with gun battles, executions, jailbreaks, and courtroom dramas, Norton's book offers insights for social theorists, political scientists, and historians alike. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMatthew Norton\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of sociology at the University of Oregon. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.54 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 21, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45648178511974,"sku":"9780226823119","price":60.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/c1l0NXdKS0tiMWNoRjhNeTJhNHNBZz09.webp?v=1779501031","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-punishment-of-pirates-interpretation-and-institutional-order-in-the-early-modern-british-empire-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}