Mutiny in the Danish Atlantic World

Convicts, Sailors and a Dissonant Empire

By Johan Lund Heinsen

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Publish Date

2017

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Language

eng

Pages

224

Description:

"Examines how storytelling and rumour among the lower classes shaped antagonisms and struggles for agency in the early modern Atlantic world, using a case study from the Danish Empire."--Provided by publisher.

subjects: Mutiny, Social history, Storytelling, Seafaring life, Denmark, history, History, Case studies, Rumor, Narrative Discourse analysis, Sailors, Social conditions, Convict labor, Colonies, Merchant marine, Naval History, Havmanden (Frigate)