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1 online resource |
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Cover page; Halftitle page; Title page; Copyright page; CONTENTS; FIGURES AND ILLUSTRATIONS; TABLES; NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS; Desertion in Global History; Introduction: Leaving Work Across the World; Notes; 1 Runaways: A Global History; When labour market met military markets: Fugitive seamen and colonial expansion; Runaways in colonial production: From white indentured to black slaves to 'coloured' indentured immigrants; Runaways in Western Europe; Concluding remarks; Notes; 2 Mass Exits: Who, Why, How?; Who?; Why?; How?; Avoiding the stings; Notes; Europe; Map |
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3 Between Agency and Force: The Dynamics of Desertion in a Military Labour Market, Frankfurtam Main 1650-1800Historiography; Holding on to 'free will': The recruitment of soldiers; Regulating the recruitment market; Quantifying desertion; Motives for desertion; Mechanisms of control; Conclusion; Notes; 4 'The Privilege of UsingTheir Legs': Leaving the Dutch Army in the Eighteenth Century; Introduction; Freedom, contract and service in the Dutch world; 'Punished with his life'; Boomhouer's Miles Desertor and eighteenth- century legal debates |
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Leaving the army in the late eighteenth century: Some quantitative indicatorsConclusions; Notes; Atlantic and Maritime Asia; 5 Desertion by Sailors, Slaves and Soldiers in the Dutch Atlantic, c. 1600-1800; Introduction; Scale of desertion; Individual and collective desertion; Opportunities and obstacles; Prevention and control; Conclusion; Appendix; Notes; 6 'Working for the Devil': Desertion in the Eurasian Empire of the VOC; Runaway crews; Forgotten histories; The Devil's Empire: Company labour around the globe; Defining desertion: A view from Batavia; Remaining absent in the Dutch Republic |
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Jumping ship in Europe and the AtlanticFinding their way: Desertion rates in Asia; Escaping Batavia; The urban jungle; Conclusions: A world of runaways; Notes; Between Worlds; 7 Just Deserters: Runaway Slaves from the VOC Cape, c. 1700-1800; An oath of blood; Characteristics of Cape slavery; The most common crime; Absence, desertion and escape: Identifying patterns at the Cape; Group desertion; From sabotage to solidarity: Encounters between runaways and the Khoi; Conclusion; Notes; 8 From Contracts to Labour Camps? Desertion and Control in South Asia; Open countries, closed forts |
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Desertion in South AsiaDeserters' afterlife; Contracts, administration, punishment; Confining and dividing; Conclusion; Notes; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX OF PLACES; SUBJECT INDEX |
| Summary |
"Early modern globalization was built on a highly labour-intensive infrastructure. This book looks at the millions of workers who were needed to operate the ships, ports, storehouses, forts and factories crucial to local and global exchange. These sailors, soldiers, craftsmen and slaves were crucial to globalization but were also confronted with the process of globalization themselves. They were often migrants who worked, directly or indirectly, for trading companies, merchants and producers that tried to discipline and control their labour force. The contributors to this v. offer an integrated, thematic study of the global history of desertion in European, Atlantic and Asian contexts. By tracing and comparing acts and patterns of desertion across empires, economic systems, regions and types of workers, Desertion in the Early Modern World illuminates the crucial role of practices of desertion among workers in shaping the history of imperial and economic expansion in the early modern period."--Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-208) and indexes |
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English |
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Print version record |
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Desertion, Military -- History
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Military deserters -- History
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General & world history.
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Migration, immigration & emigration.
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Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700.
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HISTORY -- Military -- Other.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
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Desertion, Military
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Military deserters
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Rossum, Matthias van, 1984- editor.
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Kamp, Jeannette, editor
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| ISBN |
9781474216012 |
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1474216013 |
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9781474216029 |
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1474216021 |
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9781474292931 |
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1474292933 |
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