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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