Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia by David Graeber (Paperback Book)

The final posthumous work by the coauthor of the major New York Times bestseller The Dawn of Everything.\nPirates 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\u2014vibrant, imaginative experiments in self-governance and alternative social formations at the edges of the European empire.\nIn graduate school, David Graeber conducted ethnographic field research in Madagascar for his doctoral thesis on the island\u2019s politics and history of slavery and magic. During this time, he encountered the Zana-Malata, an ethnic group of mixed descendants of the many pirates who settled on the island at the beginning of the eighteenth century. Pirate Enlightenment, or the\n\nPirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery with Royal Mail tracked services.\n\nPlease note ;