"Over the course of the nineteenth century, European states worked together to install a new order of collective security, legitimising the repression of piracy. Menacing Tides demonstrates how this European cooperation against shared threats remade the Mediterranean and unleashed a new form of collaborative imperialism"--
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction; 1. Of knights and pirates. Barbary corsairing before and during the Congress of Vienna, 1814-1815; 2. Opening fire. The Anglo-Dutch bombardment of Algiers, 1815-1816; 3. 'To give law to the world'. Contesting security, 1816-1824; 4. 'No security, except in destruction'. The French invasion of Algiers, 1827-1830; 5. Beyond the Littoral. Treaties, colonies and legacies, 1830-1856; Conclusion.
