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The ocean is a wilderness : Atlantic piracy and the limits of state authority, 1688-1856
- Title
- The ocean is a wilderness : Atlantic piracy and the limits of state authority, 1688-1856 / Guy Chet.
- Author
- Chet, Guy, 1968-
- Publication
- Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2014]
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Details
- Description
- xvii, 157 pages; 24 cm
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-153) and index.
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 14-5729
- ISBN
- 9781625340849 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 1625340842 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 9781625340856 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 1625340850 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2014007780
- OCLC
- 867765674
- Author
- Chet, Guy, 1968-
- Title
- The ocean is a wilderness : Atlantic piracy and the limits of state authority, 1688-1856 / Guy Chet.
- Publisher
- Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2014]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-153) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 14-5729