The Many-Headed Hydra: Sailors, Slaves, Commoners, and the Hidden History of the Revolutionary Atlantic by Marcus Rediker, Peter Linebaugh

The Many-Headed Hydra: Sailors, Slaves, Commoners, and the Hidden History of the Revolutionary Atlantic

Marcus Rediker, Peter Linebaugh

592 pages • first pub 2000 (view editions) user-added

nonfiction history politics reflective slow-paced
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Using a decade of original research into the 17th and 18th century, this text unearths ideas and stories about liberty, democracy and freedom that terrified the ruling classes of the time and form the foundations of modern revolutions.

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challenging: 77%

dark: 33%

reflective: 33%

inspiring: 22%

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adventurous: 11%

emotional: 11%

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