{"product_id":"villains-of-all-nations-isbn-9780807050255","title":"Villains of All Nations","description":"\u003ci\u003eVillains of All Nations\u003c\/i\u003e explores the 'Golden Age' of Atlantic piracy (1716-1726) and the infamous generation whose images underlie our modern, romanticized view of pirates.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRediker introduces us to the dreaded black flag, the Jolly Roger; swashbuckling figures such as Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard; and the unnamed, unlimbed pirate who was likely Robert Louis Stevenson's model for Long John Silver in Treasure Island.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis history shows from the bottom up how sailors emerged from deadly working conditions on merchant and naval ships, turned pirate, and created a starkly different reality aboard their own ships, electing their officers, dividing their booty equitably, and maintaining a multinational social order. The real lives of this motley crew-which included cross-dressing women, people of color, and the'outcasts of all nations'-are far more compelling than contemporary myth.Marcus Rediker knows pirates, and he knows how to tell a story. \u003ci\u003eVillains of All Nations\u003c\/i\u003e is a must read; don't wait for the movie! -Robin D. G. Kelley, author of \u003ci\u003eFreedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination\u003c\/i\u003eMarcus Rediker is professor of history at the University of Pittsburgh. He is author of \u003ci\u003eBetween the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea\u003c\/i\u003e and coauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe Many-Headed Hydra: Sailors, Slaves, Commoners, and the Hidden History of the Revolutionary Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the International Labor History Association Book Prize in 2001. He lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and is at work on a history of the slave ship.","brand":"Beacon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302315512037,"sku":"NP9780807050255","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780807050255.jpg?v=1767743455","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/villains-of-all-nations-isbn-9780807050255","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}