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Synopsis
Long before the American Revolution, the powerless and dispossessed - commoners, religious radicals, felons, pirates, labourers, soldiers, sailors and African slaves - were voicing ideas about freedom and equality that would change the course of history. This book charts a series of insurrections that, from Bristol to Barbados, and from the English Civil War to the New York Conspiracy of 1741, struck fear of 'the Hydra of misrule' into colonial empires on both sides of the Atlantic.
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About the Author
PETER LINEBAUGH is Professor of History at the University of Toledo. He lives in Toledo, Ohio. MARCUS REDIKER is Distinguished Professor of Atlantic History at the University of Pittsburgh. He lives in Pittsburgh, Philadelphia.
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"A marvellous book ... recaptures, with eloquence and literary flair, the lost history of resistance to capitalist conquest on both sides of the Atlantic." Howard Zinn; "Rediker and Linebaugh are celebrated American scholars whose pioneering studies over the last two decades have helped to shift labour history from its skilled, white, male moorings - The Many-Headed Hydra is a wonderful book."; Sukhdev Sandhu, Guardian
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- PublisherVerso Books
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1844678652
- ISBN 13 9781844678655
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages448
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