Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea. Merchant seamen, pirates and the Anglo American maritime world, 1700-1750

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Scholarly account dealing with the 18th century seaman as an employment group covering 'their cultural background and social relations as well as their institutional membership and economic and social behaviour', notably in relation to merchants, ship's captains, shipowners, etc. Chapters include: 'The seaman as man of the world - a tour of the North Atlantic, c1740'; 'The seaman as a collective worker - the labour process at sea'; 'The seaman as wage labourer - the search for ready money'; 'The seaman as plain dealer - language and culture at sea'; 'The seaman as the 'spirit of rebellion' - authority, violence and labour discipline'; 'The seaman as pirate - plunder and social banditry at sea'. Appendices cover wages, literacy, mutiny, age