Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by Marcus Rediker

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.

This book is..full of meat...graphically described" Socialist Review
'Triumphant … What distinguishes Rediker's work is his unwavering and unsentimental focus on the seaman's labour and experience in his cramped wooden world.' E. P. Thompson, The Guardian

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ISBN 13	9780521457200
ISBN 10	0521457203
Titel	Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Autor	Marcus Rediker
Serie	Canto Original Series
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Cambridge University Press
Erscheinungsjahr	1993-06-25
Seitenanzahl	340
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.
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