{"product_id":"the-sovereign-pirate","title":"The Sovereign \u0026 Pirate","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe book focuses on the phenomenon of predation during the closing decades of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th century in Indias western littoral. It attempts a material history of piracy, locating its antecedents, its social context, and its ramifications at a crucial time of political transition. Alongside, it revisits the idea of piracy as a category that was largely constituted by regimes of power and regulation in the high seas and in littoral waters. In\n\u003cbr\u003ethe case of India and the Indian Ocean, the pirate was a particularly maligned figure thanks to the discourse put forward by the English East Company. The book unravels the making of such a discourse,\n\u003cbr\u003ewhile remaining attentive to fissures and tensions within the discourse.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46061164658926,"sku":"9780199467044","price":67.66,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9780199467044.jpg?v=1736528218","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/the-sovereign-pirate","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}