The ocean is a wilderness : Atlantic piracy and the limits of state authority, 1688-1856 /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Chet, Guy, 1968- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2014]
Subjects:
Marine insurance > United States > History.
Marine insurance > Great Britain > History.
Smuggling > Atlantic Ocean > History.
Piracy > Atlantic Ocean > History.
Maritime terrorism > United States > Prevention.
Maritime terrorism > Great Britain > Prevention.
Maritime terrorism > Atlantic Ocean.
Assurances maritimes > États-Unis > Histoire.
Assurances maritimes > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Contrebande > Atlantique, Océan > Histoire.
Terrorisme maritime > Atlantique, Océan.
HISTORY > Europe > General.
Marine insurance
Maritime terrorism
Piracy
Smuggling
Atlantic Ocean
Great Britain
United States
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Atlantic frontier : continued piracy through the long eighteenth century
  • Frustrated aspirations : the legal and ethical presumptions of the early modern state
  • Holding the bag : the marine insurance industry's role in perpetuating and combating piracy
  • Smuggling : armed commerce and the severe limits of state enforcement and persuasion.

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