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A Global History of Runaways

Workers, Mobility, and Capitalism, 1600-1850 Volume 28
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During global capitalism's long ascent from 1600-1850, workers of all kinds--slaves, indentured servants, convicts, domestic workers, soldiers, and sailors--repeatedly ran away from their masters and bosses, with profound effects. A Global History of Runaways, edited by Marcus Rediker, Titas Chakraborty, and Matthias van Rossum, compares and connects runaways in the British, Danish, Dutch, French, Mughal, Portuguese, and American empires. Together these essays show how capitalism required vast numbers of mobile workers who would build the foundations of a new economic order. At the same time, these laborers challenged that order--from the undermining of Danish colonization in the seventeenth century to the igniting of civil war in the United States in the nineteenth.

Product Details

PublisherUniversity of California Press
Publish DateJuly 30, 2019
Pages280
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook iconPaperback / softback
EAN/UPC9780520304369
Dimensions8.9 X 6.0 X 0.9 inches | 0.8 pounds

Reviews

"A great read, drawing its strengths from a global comparative approach and well-researched empirical case studies. It will have a significant impact on research on coerced labourers around the world and their responses to their treatment."-- "Low Countries Journal of Social and Economic History"
"This remarkable collection of case studies extends the field of global migration history. Highly recommended."-- "CHOICE"

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