Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: Merchant Seamen, Pirates and the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1700–1750 (Canto original series) - Marcus Rediker
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KORTE INHOUD
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 pi...
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1993 Uitgever: University Press Cambridge 340 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0521457203 ISBN-13: 9780521457200Helaas, laatste exemplaar van deze editie is recent verkocht!