Stateless Men: An Examination of Historical Piracy

[Powderhorn]

Over the past few months, my desk has become littered with books on piracy.  Margarette Lincoln's British Pirates and Society, 1680 - 1730 I found to be the most useful, and most recent - referring back to many of the earlier books that I had either already bought or were recommended to me.  After reading multiple articles, chapters, and whole books, I felt it was appropriate to write a paper on the subject matter between semesters.

 

I tend to prefer PDFs for sharing of my work for proper footnotes and formatting, so please forgive me for having to go via Google Drive.  That said, I present:

 

Stateless Men:

An Examination of Historical Piracy

[Wilson09]

First look = I am impressed. Where are the "introduction / conclusion"?

If you keep it academic, add it. It helps readers also (like bibliography...)

[Powderhorn]

I loathe the "introduction, three supporting paragraphs, conclusion" format. I like a paper that introduces itself, and succinctly ends. Since I was doing this for my own pleasure, and since I'm far enough in my own academic endeavors, I'm allowed to break/ignore certain conventions

[Wilson09]

next task, translate it into French/Spanish/Russian....!!!!

 

Still, I am in favour of paragrahps. Not all readers are english-mother-tongue speakers.

Give them a hand.

- definition, origin, ships, location, motivation and so...

 

It´s a great essay and if you open it to the publiy, you "speak" to the audience.

And the audience is limited. "Break" in text helps.

Edited August 28, 2016 by Wilson09

[Skully]

More importantly, can we use your essay as an academic reference?

[Hethwill]

Very pleased that Powderhorn did this. It is a complex subject and demands a lot of cross reference.

[Powderhorn]

Glad this is well received. Wilson, I think on closer reading you will find all your questions answered in the text. However, I do not have an academic grasp of any other language to translate it. Should someone with the ability desire to do so, they are welcome to.

Skully, yes, but bear in mind it is not peer reviewed or formally published. If you desire to, however, shoot me a PM and I'll send you the version with an actual author's name.

Hethwill, I'm very glad that we tackled the same topic, and yet had very different approaches, and very different information in our respective pieces. I don't feel either of us were stepping on the other's toes.

[Skully]

Skully, yes, but bear in mind it is not peer reviewed or formally published. If you desire to, however, shoot me a PM and I'll send you the version with an actual author's name.

Its mostly for reference here on the forum.

[akd]

Nice overview.  Quick scan suggests you might want to double-check some numbers:

 

45% + 10% + 5% + 3% + 2% + 55% = 120%

[Powderhorn]

I double-checked Cordingly & his citation, and I'm thinking there is overlap in the sloop & ship categories.