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Table of Contents:
  • Global treaty making : from Morocco to Constantinople
  • Captivity and diplomacy in Algiers and Tunis
  • The consul as state representative
  • Ransoming is the norm
  • Collective redemption : naval violence and hostage taking
  • A true public minister : consuls and Jewish mediators
  • The reluctant state
  • The cannon as gift : institutionalizing the problem.