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Between the devil and the deep blue sea : merchant seamen, pirates, and the Anglo-American maritime world, 1700-1750
- Title
- Between the devil and the deep blue sea : merchant seamen, pirates, and the Anglo-American maritime world, 1700-1750 / Marcus Rediker.
- Author
- Rediker, Marcus.
- Publication
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1987.
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Details
- Description
- xv, 322 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- The author "re-creates life along the waterfront, where seafaring men from around the world crowded into sailor town, with its brothels, alehouses, and street brawls, and the city jail" and the "larger historical issues such as the rise of capitalism, the genesis of free wage labor, and the growth of an international working class."--Jacket. Includes several mentions of Charleston, South Carolina.
- Subjects
- Navigation
- Merchant mariners
- Pirates
- 1700-1799
- History
- États-Unis > Histoire navale > 18e siècle
- Grande-Bretagne > Histoire navale > 18e siècle
- North America
- Great Britain
- Vie en mer > 18e siècle
- Pirates > Grande-Bretagne > 18e siècle
- Navigation > Amérique du Nord > 18e siècle
- Marins (marine marchande) > Grande-Bretagne > 18e siècle
- Navigation > Histoire > 18e siècle
- Marins > Grande-Bretagne > 18e siècle
- Marins > États-Unis > 18e siècle
- Zeeroverij
- Scheepvaart
- Angelsaksische landen
- Pirates > History > 18th century
- Navigation > North America > History > 18th century
- Navigation > Great Britain > History > 18th century
- Merchant mariners > North America > History > 18th century
- Merchant mariners > Great Britain > History > 18th century
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- The seaman as man of the world : a tour of the North Atlantic, c. 1740 -- The seaman as collective worker : the labor process at sea -- The seaman as wage laborer : the search for ready money -- The seaman as plain dealer : language and culture at sea -- The seaman as the "spirit of rebellion" : authority, violence, and labor discipline -- The seaman as pirate : plunder and social banditry at sea -- Conclusion : the seaman as worker of the world -- Appendices. Age distribution among deep-sea sailors, 1700-1750 -- English trade, 1650-1750 -- Wages in the merchant shipping industry, 1700-1750 -- Literacy in the merchant shipping industry, 1700-1750 -- Mutiny at sea, 1700-1750 -- The Courts of Admiralty and their records.
- ISBN
- 0521303427
- 9780521303422
- 9780521379830
- 0521379830
- LCCN
- 87006304
- OCLC
- ocm15318069
- 15318069
- SCSB-1176919
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library