Great courses (DVD). Modern history

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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

Course number 30060

24 lessons

Lecturer: Manushag N. Powell, Purdue University

DVD

In English; closed-captioned

Disc: What is a pirate? -- Pirate facts and fiction -- Real pirates of the Caribbean -- Pirate attacks and tactics -- Buried treasure and pirate economics -- Pirates as freedom fighters -- disc 2: Pirates and enslavement -- Sea dogs of Elizabeth I -- Corsairs of the Maghreb -- Buccaneers of America -- Red Sea men of the pirate round -- Piracy in the China Seas -- disc 3: Pirates as explorers -- Pirates and empires -- Life on a pirate ship -- Pirate music and performances -- Pirate kings -- She-Pirates -- disc 4: Women as pirate commanders -- Pirates in literature and the theater -- Prosecuting pirates -- Can piracy be stamped out? -- Pirates in modern times -- Pirates in popculture and beyond