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Fugitives, Smugglers, and Thieves: Piracy and Personhood in American Literature

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Fugitives, Smugglers, and Thieves: Piracy and Personhood in American Literature - Balachandran Orihuela, Sharada
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"In this book, Sharada Balachandran Orihuela examines property ownership and its connections to citizenship, race and slavery, and piracy as seen through the lens of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century American literature. Balachandran Orihuela defines piracy expansively, from the familiar concept of nautical pirates and robbery in international waters to post-revolutionary counterfeiting, transnational slave escape, and the illegal trade of cotton across the Americas during the Civil War. Weaving together close readings of ...

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Fugitives, Smugglers, and Thieves: Piracy and Personhood in American Literature 2018, University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill

ISBN-13: 9781469640921

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Fugitives, Smugglers, and Thieves: Piracy and Personhood in American Literature 2018, University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill

ISBN-13: 9781469640914

Hardcover