Villains of All Nations

Villains of All Nations
Author: Marcus Rediker
Publisher: Verso Books
Total Pages: 275
Release: 2020-05-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 1789601967


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Pirates have long been stock figures in popular culture, from Treasure Island to the more recent antics of Jack Sparrow. Villains of all Nations unearths the thrilling historical truth behind such fictional characters and rediscovers their radical democratic challenge to the established powers of the day.


Villains of All Nations
Language: en
Pages: 275
Authors: Marcus Rediker
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-05-05 - Publisher: Verso Books

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Pirates have long been stock figures in popular culture, from Treasure Island to the more recent antics of Jack Sparrow. Villains of all Nations unearths the th
Outlaws of the Atlantic
Language: en
Pages: 200
Authors: Marcus Rediker
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-08-12 - Publisher: Beacon Press

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This maritime history "from below" exposes the history-making power of common sailors, slaves, pirates, and other outlaws at sea in the era of the tall ship. In
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Language: en
Pages: 334
Authors: Marcus Rediker
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1987 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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This brilliant account of the maritime world of the eighteenth-century reconstructs in detail the social and cultural milieu of Anglo-American seafaring and pir
The Amistad Rebellion
Language: en
Pages: 319
Authors: Marcus Rediker
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-11-26 - Publisher: Penguin

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"Vividly drawn . . . this stunning book honors the achievement of the captive Africans who fought for—and won—their freedom.”—The Philadelphia Tribune A
Villains of All Nations
Language: en
Pages: 248
Authors: Marcus Rediker
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-04-05 - Publisher: Beacon Press

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Villains of All Nations explores the 'Golden Age' of Atlantic piracy (1716-1726) and the infamous generation whose images underlie our modern, romanticized view