Outlaws of the Atlantic : Sailors, Pirates, and Motley Crews in the Age of Sail (Paperback)

from mattries37315

The common man, whether he be a sailor, a slave, or a pirate is the focus of Marcus Rediker's "Outlaws of the Atlantic". Rediker shows how the lowest individual influenced not only the culture of their day, but shaped the world into what it is today. Through seven essays Rediker looks at how the ...

from JBD1

A loosely-connected collection of seven essays on the titular themes, mostly reworked from Rediker's other books (and thus perhaps of more interest if you haven't read his earlier works). All are emblematic of Rediker's "history from the bottom up" style, and all make for interesting reading. The...

from WCHagen

Rediker has collected a series of his essays and addresses written and presented over the span of years with some works modified and with new material added specifically for this book. The result is that it is not an easy read. Although the author stresses one unifying theme-the subject matter al...

from empress8411

Often histories from the Age of Sail speak about the big names - Columbus, Nelson, Blackbeard - but this books, it gathers the voices of the lowly sailors, the slave, the common man. Exploring sailing, not just from the viewpoint of pirates, but also the sailors pressed into service during the wa...

from tnilsson

I assumed Marcus Rediker new book, Outlaws of the Atlantic: Sailors, Pirates, and Motley Crews in the Age of Sail, was a popular history of the age of sail from the perspective of the average sailor and pirate rather than that of Horatio Nelson or the backers of the East India Company. But my ass...