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The Ocean Is a Wilderness : Atlantic Piracy and the Limits of State Authority, 1688-1856.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Culture and Politics in the Cold War and Beyond SeriesPublisher: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (182 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781613763063
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Ocean Is a WildernessDDC classification:
  • 364.16/4
LOC classification:
  • HV6433
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Atlantic Frontier: Continued Piracy through the Long Eighteenth Century -- 2. Frustrated Aspirations: The Legal and Ethical Presumptions of the Early Modern State -- 3. Holding the Bag: The Marine Insurance Industry's Role in Perpetuating and Combating Piracy -- 4. Smuggling: Armed Commerce and the Severe Limits of State Enforcement and Persuasion -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author -- Back Cover.
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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Atlantic Frontier: Continued Piracy through the Long Eighteenth Century -- 2. Frustrated Aspirations: The Legal and Ethical Presumptions of the Early Modern State -- 3. Holding the Bag: The Marine Insurance Industry's Role in Perpetuating and Combating Piracy -- 4. Smuggling: Armed Commerce and the Severe Limits of State Enforcement and Persuasion -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author -- Back Cover.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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