9780807033173-0807033170-The Many-Headed Hydra: Sailors, Slaves, Commoners, and the Hidden History of the Revolutionary Atlantic

The Many-Headed Hydra: Sailors, Slaves, Commoners, and the Hidden History of the Revolutionary Atlantic

ISBN-13: 9780807033173
ISBN-10: 0807033170
Edition: Reprint
Author: Marcus Rediker, Peter Linebaugh
Publication date: 2013
Publisher: Beacon Press
Format: Paperback 448 pages
FREE US shipping on ALL non-marketplace orders
Rent
35 days
from $19.61 USD
FREE shipping on RENTAL RETURNS
Marketplace
from $22.75 USD
Buy

From $22.75

Rent

From $19.61

Book details

ISBN-13: 9780807033173
ISBN-10: 0807033170
Edition: Reprint
Author: Marcus Rediker, Peter Linebaugh
Publication date: 2013
Publisher: Beacon Press
Format: Paperback 448 pages

Summary

The Many-Headed Hydra: Sailors, Slaves, Commoners, and the Hidden History of the Revolutionary Atlantic (ISBN-13: 9780807033173 and ISBN-10: 0807033170), written by authors Marcus Rediker, Peter Linebaugh, was published by Beacon Press in 2013. With an overall rating of 3.9 stars, it's a notable title among other Historical Study & Educational Resources (Slavery & Emancipation, World History, Class, Sociology) books. You can easily purchase or rent The Many-Headed Hydra: Sailors, Slaves, Commoners, and the Hidden History of the Revolutionary Atlantic (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Historical Study & Educational Resources books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $7.79.

Description

Winner of the International Labor History Award

Long before the American Revolution and the Declaration of the Rights of Man, a motley crew of sailors, slaves, pirates, laborers, market women, and indentured servants had ideas about freedom and equality that would forever change history. The Many Headed-Hydra recounts their stories in a sweeping history of the role of the dispossessed in the making of the modern world.

When an unprecedented expansion of trade and colonization in the early seventeenth century launched the first global economy, a vast, diverse, and landless workforce was born. These workers crossed national, ethnic, and racial boundaries, as they circulated around the Atlantic world on trade ships and slave ships, from England to Virginia, from Africa to Barbados, and from the Americas back to Europe.

Marshaling an impressive range of original research from archives in the Americas and Europe, the authors show how ordinary working people led dozens of rebellions on both sides of the North Atlantic. The rulers of the day called the multiethnic rebels a 'hydra' and brutally suppressed their risings, yet some of their ideas fueled the age of revolution. Others, hidden from history and recovered here, have much to teach us about our common humanity.

Rate this book Rate this book

We would LOVE it if you could help us and other readers by reviewing the book