ISBN:
9781474215992
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (225 pages)
Parallel Title:
Desertion in the early modern world
DDC:
303.48209
Keywords:
Desertion, Military--History
;
Military deserters History
;
Desertion, Military History
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
;
Konferenzschrift 2014
;
Sklave
;
Soldat
;
Fahnenflucht
;
Geschichte 1500-1800
Abstract:
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 -- 3 Between Agency and Force: The Dynamics of Desertion in a Military Labour Market, Frankfurtam Main 1650-1800 -- Historiography -- 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 -- Leaving the army in the late eighteenth century: Some quantitative indicators -- Conclusions -- 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 -- Jumping ship in Europe and the Atlantic.
Description / Table of Contents:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
Desertion in South AsiaDeserters' afterlife; Contracts, administration, punishment; Confining and dividing; Conclusion; Notes; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX OF PLACES; SUBJECT INDEX
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