{"product_id":"desertion-in-the-early-modern-matthias-van-rossum-9781474216005","title":"Desertion in the Early Modern World: A Comparative History","description":"\u003cp\u003eEarly 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, store houses, 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe contributors to this volume 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, \u003ci\u003eDesertion in the Early Modern World\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates the crucial role of practices of desertion among workers in shaping the history of imperial and economic expansion in the early modern period.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matthias Van Rossum\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1474216005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781474216005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/25\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.08lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d","brand":"Matthias Van Rossum","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47579751383295,"sku":"9781474216005","price":160.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_95bacb49-97d6-4369-9b84-d9b439d54eda.jpg?v=1763876397","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/desertion-in-the-early-modern-matthias-van-rossum-9781474216005","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}