Join the UC San Diego Library for a discussion and book signing with Mark Hanna, Historian & Author of Pirate Nests and the Rise of the British Empire.
Faculty Club, The Lounge, Light refreshments will be served.
Mark Hanna is an associate professor of History at UC San Diego, and one of the nation's top authorities on pirates. Hanna is the author of the new book, Pirate Nests and the Rise of the British Empire (2015, University of North Carolina Press). In his book, he sheds a fresh light on pirates, traditionally depicted as fearless adventurers on the high seas. He examines the crucial role that pirates played on land by contributing to the commercial and economic development of port towns in early America and the British Empire. Hanna's earlier work, The Pirate's Nest: The Impact of Piracy on Newport and Charles Town, 1670-1740, challenged prevailing interpretations of piracy and also harnessed the phenomenon of piracy to illuminate the history of early America in the Atlantic world.
Admission/Cost: FREE
Location:
The Ida and Cecil Green Faculty Club
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Dr #0121
La Jolla, CA 92093
Thursday, February 18 - 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
For more information, please call (858)534-0533 or visit: www.libraries.ucsd.edu
Faculty Club, The Lounge, Light refreshments will be served.
Mark Hanna is an associate professor of History at UC San Diego, and one of the nation's top authorities on pirates. Hanna is the author of the new book, Pirate Nests and the Rise of the British Empire (2015, University of North Carolina Press). In his book, he sheds a fresh light on pirates, traditionally depicted as fearless adventurers on the high seas. He examines the crucial role that pirates played on land by contributing to the commercial and economic development of port towns in early America and the British Empire. Hanna's earlier work, The Pirate's Nest: The Impact of Piracy on Newport and Charles Town, 1670-1740, challenged prevailing interpretations of piracy and also harnessed the phenomenon of piracy to illuminate the history of early America in the Atlantic world.
Admission/Cost: FREE
Location:
The Ida and Cecil Green Faculty Club
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Dr #0121
La Jolla, CA 92093
Thursday, February 18 - 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
For more information, please call (858)534-0533 or visit: www.libraries.ucsd.edu
