Charles Johnson's "General History of the Pyrates" and Global Commerce

List of Illustrations
Preface
A Note on Citations
Introduction: Monstrous Business
1    A General History of General History
Monsters
2    “Let Us Make a Hell of Our Own”: The Pirate as Monster
3    The “Borders of the Possible”: General History, Commerce, and Empire
Interlude
4    “Pirate Vices, Publick Benefits”: The Social Ethics of Piracy
Great Men
5    Plutarch on the Spanish Main: Pirates and “Great Men”
6    “Their Crimes conspir’d to make ’em Great”: Piracy and the Spectacle of Law
Conclusion
Appendix: Editions of General History of the Pyrates
Bibliography
Index