Inside the illicit economy : reconstructing the smugglers' trade of sixteenth century Bristol /

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Whilst the popular image of smugglers remains an essentially romantic one, this book makes clear that smuggling was a large-scale systematic business reliant upon the connivance of well-connected merchants. Taking the port of Bristol as a case study, it provides the most sophisticated historical stu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jones, Evan Thomas, 1966-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub., 2012.
Temas:
1500-1599
Smuggling > Vermont > Bristol > History > 16th century.
Commercial policy.
Politique commerciale.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Reference.
Smuggling.
Vermont > Bristol.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Abbreviations and short titles
  • Note on transcriptions
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • The economics of smuggling
  • Smuggling and the customs service
  • The geography of smuggling in the Bristol channel
  • The business of smuggling
  • The smuggling operations of John Smyth and the Tyndall brothers
  • Protecting the illicit trade
  • Crown policy and interlopers
  • Evasion and avoidance : wine and cloth
  • Smuggling and economic development
  • The trends of trade
  • The economic significance of smuggling in Bristol
  • The wider picture
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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