Marcus Rediker & Peter Linebaugh 
The Many-Headed Hydra 
The Hidden History of the Revolutionary Atlantic

Long before the American Revolution and the Declaration of the Rights of Man, a motely crew of sailors, slaves, pirates, labourers, market women, and indentured servants had ideas about freedom and equality that would for ever change history.
The Many-Headed Hydra recounts their stories in a sweeping history of the role of the dispossessed in the making of the modern world.

About the author

Peter Linebaugh is Professor of History at the University of Toledo. He writes extensively on British history, Irish history, labor history and the history of the colonial Atlantic. His books include The Magna Carta Manifesto, The Many-Headed Hydra and The London Hanged, and he contributes frequently to Counter Punch.