Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: Merchant Seamen, Pirates, and the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1700-1750

List of illustrations Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction 1. The seaman as man of the world: a tour of the North Atlantic, c. 1740 2. The seaman as collective worker: the labor process at sea 3. The seaman as wage laborer: the search for ready money 4. The seaman as plain dealer: language and culture at sea 5. The seaman as the 'spirit of rebellion': authority, violence, and labor discipline 6. The seaman as pirate: plunder and social banditry at sea Conclusion: the seaman as worker of the world Appendices Index.