The geography of piracy: northern Morocco in the mid-nineteenth century Export

@article{citeulike:5630419, abstract = {Pirates operating in small boats attacked European shipping through the Straits of Gibraltar in the early nineteenth century. Although these waters had always been the scene of privateering and corsairing by big ships authorized by both Muslim and Christian states, these small boat pirates were acting beyond any recognized authority. Environmental degradation and economic isolation and impoverishment combined with a coastline and maritime current system to make piracy a particularly attractive option for some of the people living in the Guelaya Peninsula in north-western Morocco. They were encourage to do so by patterns of Spanish interference in their commerce, and by the remoteness of their region from control by the central government in Morocco.}, author = {Pennell, C.}, citeulike-article-id = {5630419}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/jhge.1994.1021}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0305-7488(84)71021-8}, doi = {10.1006/jhge.1994.1021}, issn = {03057488}, journal = {Journal of Historical Geography}, keywords = {19thcentury, gibraltar, mediterranean, morocco, piracy}, month = {July}, number = {3}, pages = {272--282}, posted-at = {2009-08-24 11:47:21}, priority = {2}, title = {The geography of piracy: northern Morocco in the mid-nineteenth century}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/jhge.1994.1021}, volume = {20}, year = {1994} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5630419 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5630419 N2 - Pirates operating in small boats attacked European shipping through the Straits of Gibraltar in the early nineteenth century. Although these waters had always been the scene of privateering and corsairing by big ships authorized by both Muslim and Christian states, these small boat pirates were acting beyond any recognized authority. Environmental degradation and economic isolation and impoverishment combined with a coastline and maritime current system to make piracy a particularly attractive option for some of the people living in the Guelaya Peninsula in north-western Morocco. They were encourage to do so by patterns of Spanish interference in their commerce, and by the remoteness of their region from control by the central government in Morocco. IS - 3 JF - Journal of Historical Geography SN - 03057488 EP - 282 TI - The geography of piracy: northern Morocco in the mid-nineteenth century VL - 20 SP - 272 KW - 19thcentury KW - gibraltar KW - mediterranean KW - morocco KW - piracy AU - Pennell, C PY - 1994/07// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/jhge.1994.1021 ER -