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Mutiny and Maritime Radicalism in the Age of Revolution: A Global Survey

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Mutiny and Maritime Radicalism in the Age of Revolution: A Global Survey
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Clare Anderson
Edited by Niklas Frykman
Edited by Lex Heerma van Voss
Edited by Marcus Rediker
SeriesInternational Review of Social History Supplements
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:286
Dimensions(mm): Height 227,Width 152
ISBN/Barcode 9781107689329
ClassificationsDewey:909.7
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 19 December 2013
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This volume explores the transnational dimensions of mutiny and maritime radicalism during the great cycle of war and revolution that began in the mid-1750s and continued until the 1840s. The central theme of the volume is mutiny - its causes, frequency, forms, patterns and outcomes - charting, linking and comparing maritime insurrections in different oceans, on warships, merchant vessels and convict ships. The contributions concentrate on the mutineers themselves, their social composition, self-organisation, objectives and ideas. Also included is unrest in port cities, sites of international exchange between maritime and landed forms of resistance. Sailors spent significant amounts of time in port, sometimes connecting shipboard unrest and radical movements on land in personal, political and social ways. The contributions cover the age of revolution in its full geographic extent, including the Atlantic with its wars and revolutions, but also the Indian and Pacific Ocean and the South China Sea.