Smuggler Nation is one of those rare books that compellingly reconstructs history by examining familiar events through an entirely novel lens ... But Andreas is no mere collector of amusing tales from the underground: rather, in demonstrating that cross-border criminality is nothing new, he counters sensationalistic fearmongers who warn that globalization presents unprecedented dangers and requires more expansive policing ... ... Read moreSmuggler Nation should appeal to libertarians on the right and progressives on the left alike.
Richard Feinberg, Books of the year 2014, Foreign Affairs
The most impressive features of this book are its readability and its engagingly broad definition of smuggling across time and place ... much scholarly research has gone into its writing.
Emma Hart, Sehepunkte
Sweeping together all these various kinds of boundary defiance as documented previously by diverse historians including Doran Ben-Atar, Andrew Cohen and Erika Lee among others, Andreas manages to cover the whole history of the US, managing a case that borders have time and again provided the occasion for adding to the power and cost of the American government.
Eric Rauchway, The Times Literary Supplement
readable ... its well-written chapters will complement courses on the history of capitalism or America in the world. Historians of all periods of American history will find something useful in its pages, especially those historians interested in trade's political economy.
Dael A. Norwood, Journal of American History
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