The Many-headed Hydra: Sailors, Slaves, Commoners, and the Hidden History of the Revolutionary AtlanticFor most readers the tale told here will be completely new. For those already acquainted with the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the image of that age which they have been so carefully taught and cultivated will be profoundly challenged. |
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Nutzerbericht - ceg045 - LibraryThingI won The Many-Headed Hydra as part of a Goodreads giveaway. Linebaugh and Rediker look at the social history of England, the eastern seaboard of North America, the Caribbean, and the ocean that ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
THE MANY-HEADED HYDRA: The Hidden History of the Revolutionary Atlantic
Nutzerbericht - KirkusA revealing work of leftist revisionist history whose cast includes sailors, seamstresses, farmers, and a Founding Father or two.Linebaugh (History/Univ. of Toledo) and Rediker's (History/Univ. of ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
Inhalt
Introduction I | 1 |
The Wreck of the SeaVenture | 8 |
Hewers of Wood and Drawers of Water | 36 |
A Blackymore Maide Named Francis | 71 |
The Divarication of the Putney Debates | 104 |
Sailors Pirates and the Maritime State | 143 |
The Conspiracy of Edward and Catherine Despard | 248 |
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| Titel | The Many-headed Hydra: Sailors, Slaves, Commoners, and the Hidden History of the Revolutionary Atlantic |
| Autoren | Peter Linebaugh, Marcus Rediker |
| Verlag | Verso, 2000 |
| ISBN | 1859847986, 9781859847985 |
| Länge | 433 Seiten |
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