Englishmen at Sea: Labor and the Nation at the Dawn of Empire, 1570-1630 Hubbard Eleanor
A deeply researched, analytically rich, and vivid account of England's early maritime empireDrawing on a wealth of understudied sources, historian Eleanor Hubbard explores the labor conflicts behind…
Specifikacia Englishmen at Sea: Labor and the Nation at the Dawn of Empire, 1570-1630 Hubbard Eleanor
A deeply researched, analytically rich, and vivid account of England's early maritime empireDrawing 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 ruthlessness. Peace in 1603 forced these predatory seamen to adapt to a radically changed world, one in which they were expected to risk their lives for merchants' gain, not plunder. Merchant trading companies expected sailors to relinquish their unruly ways and to help convince overseas rulers and trading partners that the English were a courteous and trustworthy "nation." Some sailors rebelled, becoming pirates and renegades; others demanded and often received concessions and shares in new trading
Empire of the Black Sea