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The Many-Headed Hydra

Sailors, Slaves, Commoners, and the Hidden History of the Revolutionary Atlantic

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ID9294383
AuthorsKenneth Maxwell (0009-0004-7091-6855), Peter Linebaugh, Marcus Rediker (0000-0001-6756-022X)
Year2001
Volume80
Issue3
Pages143-143
Publication date2001-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeREVIEW
Review ofDie vielköpfige Hydra, Marcus Buford Rediker, 2008
VenueForeign Affairs (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0015-7120 • E-ISSN: 2327-7793
PublisherCouncil on Foreign Relations (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2307/20050197
OpenAlexW2037444726
LanguageEN

For most readers the tale told here will be completely new. For those already acquainted with the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the image of that age which they have been so carefully taught and cultivated will be profoundly challenged

Ancient history · Archaeology · Lernaean Hydra · Political science · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · History · Law

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