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The real history of pirates.

Call Number

  • DVD 910.45 R2883 (CEN)

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Languages

Closed-captioned.

Performers

Intructor, Manushag N. Powell, Purdue University.

Publication Information

Chantilly, VA : The Teaching Company, [2021]

Physical Description

4 videodiscs (665 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (iii, 201 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

Other than scale, what is the difference between a pirate and the vast armies of an emperor? Were the men who famously traversed the Atlantic actually heroic explorers, or were they pirates? In The Real History of Pirates, you'll look at world history from a new point of view, realizing much of what you've learned before should be viewed through a more accurate, post-imperialistic filter.

Notes

"Course No. 30060"--Container

Contains 24 lessons.

Contents

  • What is a pirate? ; Pirate facts and fictions ; Real pirates of the Caribbean ; Pirate attacks and tactics ; Buried treasure and pirate economics ; Pirates as freedom fighters
  • Pirates and enslavement ; The sea dogs of Elizabeth I ; The Corsairs of the Maghreb ; The buccaneers of America ; The Red Sea men of the pirate round ; Piracy in the China Seas
  • Pirates as explorers ; Pirates and empires ; Life on a pirate ship ; Pirate music and performances ; Pirate kings ; She-Pirates
  • Women as pirate commanders ; Pirates in literature and the theater ; Prosecuting pirates ; Can piracy be stamped out? ; Pirates in modern times ; Pirates in pop culture and beyond.

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