Outlaws of the Atlantic
By Marcus Rediker
By Marcus Rediker
By Marcus Rediker
By Marcus Rediker
Category: World History | Domestic Politics | World Politics
Category: World History | Domestic Politics | World Politics
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Paperback $20.00
Apr 07, 2015 | ISBN 9780807034101
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Praise
“With a keen eye for interesting characters, historian Rediker (The Amistad Rebellion) delivers a brisk narrative.” —Publishers Weekly
“A top-notch examination of how indentured servants, privateers, pirates and slaves affected and even directed human history in the age of sail. . . . An outstanding view of the ‘seaman’ as a ‘preeminent worker of the world.’” —Kirkus Reviews
“[Rediker’s] argument that the American Revolution and the antislavery movement were rooted in and energized by the popular image of the pirate . . . is provocative and original.” —Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
“A colorful, intensely academic maritime history focused on the lower classes.” —Shelf Awareness
“[A] lifelong interest in figures at the edges of society informs Outlaws of the Atlantic, Mr. Rediker’s below-decks history of the North Atlantic from the late 17th century to the American Revolution.” —Wall Street Journal
Table Of Contents
Preface
Prologue
ONE: The Sailor’s Yarn
TWO: Edward Barlow, “Poor Seaman”
THREE: Henry Pitman, “Fugitive Traitor”
FOUR: Under the Banner of King Death: Pirates
FIVE: A Motley Crew in the American Revolution
SIX: African Rebels: From Captives to Shipmates
SEVEN: “Black Pirates”: The Amistad Rebellion, 1839
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index
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