The smugglers' world : illicit trade and Atlantic communities in eighteenth-century Venezuela /

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The Smugglers' World examines a critical part of Atlantic trade for a neglected corner of the Spanish Empire. Testimonies of smugglers, buyers, and royal officials found in Venezuelan prize court records reveal a colony enmeshed in covert commerce. Forsaken by the Spanish fleet system, Venezuel...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cromwell, Jesse (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Williamsburg, Virginia : Chapel Hill : Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture ; University of North Carolina Press, [2018]
Subjects:
1700-1799
Smuggling > Venezuela > Atlantic Coast > History > 18th century.
Smuggling > Social aspects.
Smuggling > Political aspects.
Contrebande > Venezuela > Atlantique, Côte de l' > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Contrebande > Aspect social.
Contrebande > Aspect politique.
HISTORY > Latin America > South America.
Commerce.
Commercial policy.
Smuggling.
Spanish colonies.
Venezuela > Commerce > History > 18th century.
Spain > Colonies > America > History > 18th century.
Spain > Commercial policy > 18th century.
Espagne > Colonies > Amérique > Histoire > 18e siècle.
America.
Spain.
Venezuela.
Venezuela > Atlantic Coast.
Electronic books.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Old habits : commercial neglect and peripheral innovation in early Venezuela
  • Socialized into smuggling : the consumer culture of the black market
  • New cures : the Caracas Company, the crown, and commercial control
  • Networking statelessness in a bordered world : foreign smugglers
  • The societal ties of smuggling : Venezuelan merchants
  • "Men of good who will harm no one" : Venezuelan officials
  • Contrabandists or cargo? : People of color, smuggling, and the illicit slave trade
  • The political power of covert commerce : the rebellion of Juan Francisco de León, 1749-1751.

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