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Marcus Rediker
Villains of All Nations
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Couverture du Marcus Rediker: Villains of All Nations (ePUB)

Pirates have long been stock figures in popular culture, from Treasure Island to the more recent antics of Jack Sparrow.
Villains of all Nations unearths the thrilling historical truth behind such fictional characters and rediscovers their radical democratic challenge to the established powers of the day.

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Marcus Rediker is Distinguished Professor of Atlantic History at the University of Pittsburgh and Senior Research Fellow at the Coll�ge d’�tudes mondiales in Paris. He is the author of numerous prize-winning books, including The Many-Headed Hydra (with Peter Linebaugh), The Slave Ship, and The Amistad Rebellion. He produced the award-winning documentary film Ghosts of Amistad (Tony Buba, director), about how the Amistad Mutiny of 1839 lives on today in popular memory among the people of Sierra Leone.

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Langue Anglais ● Format EPUB ● Pages 256 ● ISBN 9781789601961 ● Taille du fichier 2.3 MB ● Maison d’édition Verso UK ● Lieu London ● Pays GB ● Publié 2020 ● Téléchargeable 24 mois ● Devise EUR ● ID 8722489 ● Protection contre la copie Adobe DRM

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