Read Chapter Five carefully. Then, read the essays by Christopher Hill -- his review of Ritchie's book, from The New York Review of Books, and "Radical Pirates?" -- and Lawrence Osborne's essay from Lingua Franca of March 1998.
What is the evidence in favor of the concept of piracy as, in part, an act of class rebellion? What is the evidence against this theory?
Find evidence for both sides in the chapter and essays assigned. Give specific citations in your 300 word essay.
Finally, what do YOU think?
Email to me, and to your group.