2006-04-14 07:24:14.572663+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
Chris passed along Pirate Utopias, a sympathetic look at pirates into the early 1700s:
The blackened and rotting corpse was intended to serve as a very clear reminder to the common seaman of the risks of resisting the disciplines of wage labour.
[ related topics: History Work, productivity and environment Civil Liberties HGR1219 ]
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