Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: Merchant Seamen, Pirates and the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1700-1750
- ISBN-10
- 0521379830
- ISBN-13
- 9780521379830
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 322
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1989-02-24
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Author
- Marcus Rediker
Description
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. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
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