Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia

by David Graeber

Book Overview

The final posthumous work by the coauthor of the major New York Times bestseller The Dawn of Everything.

Pirates have long lived in the realm of romance and fantasy, symbolizing risk, lawlessness, and radical visions of freedom. But at the root of this mythology is a rich history of pirate societies--vibrant, imaginative experiments in self-governance and alternative social formations at the edges of the European empire...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374610193
• ISBN13: 9780374610197
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.5"