Between the devil and the deep blue sea : merchant seamen, pirates, and the Anglo-American maritime world, 1700-1750 /
The author "re-creates life along the waterfront, where seafaring men from around the world crowded into sailor town, with its brothels, alehouses, and street brawls, and the city jail" and the "larger historical issues such as the rise of capitalism, the genesis of free wage labor, a...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
1987.
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| Online Access: | Table of contents Table of contents French equivalent / Équivalent français Publisher description |
| Summary: | The author "re-creates life along the waterfront, where seafaring men from around the world crowded into sailor town, with its brothels, alehouses, and street brawls, and the city jail" and the "larger historical issues such as the rise of capitalism, the genesis of free wage labor, and the growth of an international working class."--Jacket. Includes several mentions of Charleston, South Carolina. |
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| Physical Description: | xv, 322 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0521303427 9780521303422 9780521379830 0521379830 |