Description |
1 online resource |
Series |
Atelier: Ethnographic Inquiry in the Twenty First century ; 3 |
Contents |
Introduction : an anthropology of protection -- Protectors of the sea : the rise of maritime piracy off the coast of Somalia -- Anchoring pirates : grounding a protection economy -- Regulating the ocean : the governance of counter-piracy -- Markets of negotiation : the making of a ransom -- Captivity at sea : pirates on dhows -- Epilogue : the gifts of the sea |
Summary |
"How is it possible for six men to take a Liberian-flagged oil tanker hostage and negotiate a huge pay out for the return of its crew and 2.2 million barrels of crude oil? In his gripping new book, Jatin Dua answers this question by exploring the unprecedented upsurge in maritime piracy off the coast of Somalia in the twenty-first century. Taking the reader inside pirate communities in Somalia, onboard multinational container ships, and within insurance offices in London, Dua connects modern day pirates to longer histories of trade and disputes over protection. In our increasingly technological world, maritime piracy represents not only an interruption, but an attempt to insert oneself within the world of oceanic trade. Captured at Sea moves beyond the binaries of legal and illegal to illustrate how the seas continue to be key sites of global regulation, connectivity, and commerce today"--Provided by publisher |
Analysis |
barrels of crude oil |
|
book about somalian pirates |
|
book three in series |
|
coast of somalia |
|
exploration of maritime piracy |
|
insurance offices in london |
|
liberian flagged oil tanker hostage |
|
modern day pirates |
|
negotiate pay out |
|
onboard multinational container ships |
|
pirate communities in somalia |
|
return of crew |
|
seas key sites of global regulation |
|
series |
|
six men |
|
somalian pirates |
|
trade and disputes over protection |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher |
Subject |
Hijacking of ships -- Somalia -- 21st century
|
|
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
|
|
Hijacking of ships
|
|
Somalia
|
Form |
Electronic book
|
LC no. |
2019016512 |
ISBN |
9780520973299 |
|
0520973291 |
|