Ebook: Outlaws of the Atlantic: sailors, pirates, and motley crews in the Age of Sail
Author: Rediker Marcus
- Tags: Marins--Atlantique (océan)--Histoire, Marins (marine marchande)--États-Unis--Histoire, Marins (marine marchande)--Grande-Bretagne--Histoire, Merchant marine, Merchant marine--Great Britain--History, Merchant marine--United States--History, Merchant mariners, Merchant mariners--Great Britain--History, Merchant mariners--United States--History, Navigation, Pirates, Pirates--Atlantic Ocean Region--History, Pirates--Atlantique (océan)--Histoire, Sailors, Sailors--Atlantic Ocean Region--History, Seafaring life, Seaf
- Year: 2014
- Publisher: Beacon Press
- City: Atlantic Ocean;Atlantic Ocean Region;Boston;Mass;Great Britain;United States
- Language: English
- epub
This maritime history "from below" exposes the history-making power of common sailors, slaves, pirates, and other outlaws at sea in the era of the tall ship.
In Outlaws of the Atlantic, award-winning historian Marcus Rediker turns maritime history upside down. He explores the dramatic world of maritime adventure, not from the perspective of admirals, merchants, and nation-states but from the viewpoint of commoners--sailors, slaves, indentured servants, pirates, and other outlaws from the late seventeenth to the early nineteenth century. Bringing together their seafaring experiences for the first time, Outlaws of the Atlantic is an unexpected and compelling peoples' history of the "age of sail."
With his signature bottom-up approach and insight, Rediker reveals how the "motley"--that is, multiethnic--crews were a driving force behind the American Revolution; that pirates, enslaved Africans, and other outlaws worked together to subvert...
In Outlaws of the Atlantic, award-winning historian Marcus Rediker turns maritime history upside down. He explores the dramatic world of maritime adventure, not from the perspective of admirals, merchants, and nation-states but from the viewpoint of commoners--sailors, slaves, indentured servants, pirates, and other outlaws from the late seventeenth to the early nineteenth century. Bringing together their seafaring experiences for the first time, Outlaws of the Atlantic is an unexpected and compelling peoples' history of the "age of sail."
With his signature bottom-up approach and insight, Rediker reveals how the "motley"--that is, multiethnic--crews were a driving force behind the American Revolution; that pirates, enslaved Africans, and other outlaws worked together to subvert...
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