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

Author/creator Chet, Guy, 1968-
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2014]
Descriptionxvii, 157 pages ; 24 cm
Subject(s)
Maritime terrorism--Atlantic Ocean.
Maritime terrorism--Great Britain --Prevention.
Maritime terrorism--United States --Prevention.
Piracy--Atlantic Ocean --History.
Smuggling--Atlantic Ocean --History.
Marine insurance--Great Britain --History.
Marine insurance--United States --History.
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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 133-153) and index.
LCCN 2014007780
ISBN9781625340849 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN1625340842 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN9781625340856 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN1625340850 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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