Mutiny and Maritime Radicalism in the Age of Revolution

"The ten chapters in this volume explores the transnational dimensions of mutiny and maritime radicalism during the great cycle of war and revolution beginning in the mid-1750s, progressing through the eras of the American, French, and Haitian Revolutions, into the period of the South American Wars for Liberation, and concluding with the revolutionary movements of the 1830s-1840s. The central theme of the volume is mutiny - its causes, frequency, forms, patterns and outcomes - charting, linking and comparing maritime insurrections in different oceans, on warships, merchant vessels and convict ships. The contributions concentrate on the mutineers themselves, their social composition, self-organization, objectives and ideas"--Publisher description on Amazon (viewed 1/15/2014).

1. Introduction Clare Anderson, Niklas Frykman, Lex Heerma van Voss and Marcus Rediker; 2. The African origins of the Amistad rebellion, 1839 Marcus Rediker; 3. Orangism, patriotism and slavery in Curacao, 1795-6 Karwan Fatah-Black; 4. International radicalism, local solidarities: the 1797 British naval mutinies in Southern African waters Nicole Ulrich; 5. Connections between mutinies in European navies Niklas Frykman; 6. 'Amok!': Mutinies and slaves on Dutch East Indiamen in the 1780s Matthias van Rossum; 7. Maritime radicalism and the origins of the age of revolution Chris Magra; 8. 'Lord of the Forecastle': Serangs, Tindals and Lascar mutiny, c.1780-1860 Aaron Jaffer; 9. 'Those lads contrived a plan': attempts at mutiny on Australian bound convict vessels Hamish Maxwell-Stewart; 10. Cutting out and taking liberties: Australia's transported convict pirates, 1790-1829 Ian Duffield; 11. The age of revolution in the Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal and South China Sea: a maritime perspective Clare Anderson; 12. 'All we have done, we have done for freedom': the Creole slave ship revolt (1841) and the revolutionary Atlantic Anita Rupprecht.