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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818088603321

Autore

Linebaugh Peter

Titolo

The many-headed hydra : sailors, slaves, commoners, and the hidden history of the revolutionary Atlantic / / Peter Linebaugh and Marcus Rediker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, : Beacon Press, c2000

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (441 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

RedikerMarcus

Disciplina

909/.0971/24106

Soggetti

Capitalism - Social aspects - Great Britain - History

Capitalism - Social aspects - West Indies, British - History

Slave trade - Great Britain - History

Slave trade - West Indies, British - History

Mutiny - Great Britain - History

Radicalism - West Indies, British - History

Radicalism - United States - History

Great Britain History Puritan Revolution, 1642-1660

United States Social conditions To 1865

Great Britain Colonies Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 355-411) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- The Wreck of the Sea-Venture -- Hewers of Wood and Drawers of Water -- ''A Blackymore Maide Named Francis'' -- The Divarication of the Putney Debates -- Hydrarchy: Sailors, Pirates, and the Maritime State -- ''The Outcasts of the Nations of the Earth'' -- A Motley Crew in the American Revolution -- The Conspiracy of Edward and Catherine Despard -- Robert Wedderburn and Atlantic Jubilee -- Tyger! Tyger! -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.