Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: Merchant Seamen, Pirates, and the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1700-1750

Rediker, Marcus Buford

ISBN 10: 0521457203 / ISBN 13: 9780521457200

Published by Cambridge Univ Pr, NY, 1998

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1998, soft cover, slight edgewear, soiling on outer page edges, ink writing on several pages, cover has slight edgewear, B&W illustrations, 322 p. Seller Inventory # 57253

Bibliographic Details

Title: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: ...

Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr, NY

Publication Date: 1998

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Fair

Book Type: Book

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Synopsis:

Seamen, captains and pirates occupy a special place in our popular culture, yet until now the historical record of their lives has been remarkably neglected. This brilliant account of the maritime world of the eighteenth-century reconstructs in detail the social and cultural milieu of Anglo-American seafaring and piracy. Rediker follows sailors and their ships along the pulsing trade routes, into ports with their crowded waterfront society of brothels, alehouses, brawls and jails, and paints a compelling picture of their world at sea with its brutal labour, harsh discipline, hangings and floggings. The book's focus on maritime experience illuminates the broader historical sweep of the rise of capitalism and the growth of an international working class - epic themes which were intimately bound up with everyday lives of seafaring men.

Book Description:

Seamen, captains and pirates occupy a special place in our popular culture, yet until now the historical record of their lives has been remarkably neglected. This brilliant account of the maritime world of the eighteenth-century reconstructs in detail the social and cultural milieu of Anglo-American seafaring and piracy.