Englishmen at sea : labor and the nation at the dawn of empire, 1570-1630 /

"Drawing on a wealth of understudied sources, historian Eleanor Hubbard explores the labor conflicts behind the rise of the English maritime empire. Freewheeling Elizabethan privateering attracted thousands of young men to the sea, where they acquired valuable skills and a reputation for ruthle...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Principal: Hubbard, Eleanor (Eleanor Kathryn) (Author)
Formato: Licensed eBooks
Idioma:inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press [2021]
Acceso en liña:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv1zvccsp
Table of Contents:
  • A plundering people
  • Renegades and reprisals
  • Risks and rewards
  • Piracy and empire
  • Sailors and the Company-State
  • Englishness abroad
  • Sailors and the state.