The Genesis of Rebellion: Governance, Grievance, and Mutiny in the Age of Sail

by Steven Pfaff and Michael Hechter

Book Overview

The Age of Sail has long fascinated readers, writers, and the general public. Herman Melville, Joseph Conrad, Jack London et al. treated ships at sea as microcosms; Petri dishes in which larger themes of authority, conflict and order emerge. In this fascinating book, Pfaff and Hechter explore mutiny as a manifestation of collective action and contentious politics. The authors use narrative evidence and statistical analysis to trace the processes by...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107193737
• ISBN13: 9781107193734
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.1"