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36 - Communication, Cultural and Media Studies, Library and Information Management
University of Bedfordshire
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Article title
Defoe, Robinson Crusoe, and the Barbary Pirates
Type
D - Journal article
Title of journal
English
Article number
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Volume number
62
Issue number
236
First page of article
51
ISSN of journal
1756-1124
Year of publication
2013
URL
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Number of additional authors
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Additional information
An article (of about 7,000 words) exploring and contexualising the episode in Robinson Crusoe where Crusoe is captured by pirates and spends two years as a slave in Morocco. It argues that the activities of the ‘Barbary pirates’ and stories of their treatment of Christian slaves were of keen interest to Defoe and his contemporaries. Defoe regarded the pirates as a serious threat to the development of international trade, and frequently called for the establishment of a pan-European military force to suppress them.
Interdisciplinary
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Cross-referral requested
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Research group
None
Proposed double-weighted
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Double-weighted statement
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Reserve for a double-weighted output
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Non-English
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English abstract
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