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The Ocean is a Wilderness. Atlantic Piracy and the Limits of State Authority 1688-1856.
Guy Chet
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Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDB; 1QSA; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBTM; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 284.
Historians have long maintained that the rise of the British empire brought an end to the great age of piracy, turning the once violent Atlantic frontier into a locus of orderly commerce by 1730. In this book, Guy Chet reassesses that view by documenting the persistence of piracy, smuggling, and other forms of illegal trade throughout the eighteenth century despite ongoing governmental campaigns to stamp it out. the failure of the Royal Navy to police oceanic trade reflected the state's limited authority and legitimacy at port, in the courts, and in the hearts and minds of Anglo-American constituents.
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Historians have long maintained that the rise of the British empire brought an end to the great age of piracy, turning the once violent Atlantic frontier into a locus of orderly commerce by 1730. In this book, Guy Chet reassesses that view by documenting the persistence of piracy, smuggling, and other forms of illegal trade throughout the eighteenth century despite ongoing governmental campaigns to stamp it out. the failure of the Royal Navy to police oceanic trade reflected the state's limited authority and legitimacy at port, in the courts, and in the hearts and minds of Anglo-American constituents.
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Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Massachusetts, United States
ISBN
9781625340856
SKU
V9781625340856
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99-15
About Guy Chet
Guy Chet is associate professor of history at the University of North Texas and author of Conquering the American Wilderness: The Triumph of European Warfare in the Colonial Northeast (University of Massachusetts Press, 2003).
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