{"product_id":"between-the-devil-and-the-deep-blue-sea-merchant-seamen-pirates-and-the-anglo-american-maritime-world-1700-1750-hardback-9780521303422","title":"Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea; Merchant Seamen, Pirates and the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1700–1750 (Hardback) 9780521303422","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBetween the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eMerchant Seamen, Pirates and the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1700–1750\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBetween the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea focuses upon the seamen's experience in order to illuminate larger historical issues.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMarcus Rediker (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521303422, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 26 November 1987\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e340 pages, 17 b\/w illus.  1 map  8 tables\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 16 x 3.1 cm, 0.635 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Marcus Rediker's in-depth study of seamen in the early eighteenth century tells us a great deal not only about the shipping industry but also about the rise of capitalist relations in general in England, for which the industry may have been a more important forcing house than has previously been realised. No one interested in the history of the eighteenth century can afford to ignore this book.' Christopher Hill\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eBetween the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea focuses upon the seamen's experience in order to illuminate larger historical issues such as the rise of capitalism, the genesis of free wage labor, and the growth of an international working class. These epic themes were intimately bound up with the everyday hopes and fears of the common men who toiled upon the deep.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. The seaman as man of the world: a tour of the North Atlantic, c. 1740\u003cbr\u003e 2. The seaman as collective worker: the labor process at sea\u003cbr\u003e 3. The seaman as wage laborer: the search for ready money\u003cbr\u003e 4. The seaman as plain dealer: language and culture at sea\u003cbr\u003e 5. The seaman as the 'spirit of rebellion': authority, violence, and labor discipline\u003cbr\u003e 6. The seaman as pirate: plunder and social banditry at sea\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: the seaman as worker of the world\u003cbr\u003e Appendices\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Maritime history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Maritime history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Maritime%20history%20%5BHBTM%5D%22\"\u003eHBTM\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45908919222552,"sku":"9780521303422","price":77.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521303422i_1f4d0cdb-4441-4782-8e31-b6ea28fd6d22.jpg?v=1691374972","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/between-the-devil-and-the-deep-blue-sea-merchant-seamen-pirates-and-the-anglo-american-maritime-world-1700-1750-hardback-9780521303422","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}