Title: Outlaws of the Atlantic
Description: Rediker turns maritime history upside down, exploring the dramatic world of maritime adventure not from the perspective of admirals, merchants, and nation-states but from the viewpoint of commoners: sailors, slaves, indentured servants, pirates, and other outlaws from the late seventeenth to the early nineteenth century.  He reveals how the "motley" (i.e. multiethnic) crews were a driving force behind the American Revolution; that pirates, enslaved Africans, and other outlaws worked together to subvert capitalism; and that, in the era of the tall ship, outlaws challenged authority from below deck.
Subjects: Pirates, Sailors, Seafaring life, Merchant marine, Slave ships, Navigation, Merchant mariners, History, Merchant marine, united states, Merchant marine, great britain, Atlantic ocean
Places: United States, Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean Region, Great Britain