The ocean is a wilderness : Atlantic piracy and the limits of state authority, 1688-1856 / Guy Chet.
| Author/creator |
Chet, Guy, 1968- |
| Other author/creator | American Council of Learned Societies. |
| Format | Electronic and Book |
| Publication Info | Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2014] |
| Description | xvii, 157 pages ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from ACLS Humanities E-Book |
| Subject(s) |
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| 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 note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-153) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2014007780 |
| ISBN | 9781625340849 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9781625340856 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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