×


 x 

Shopping cart
Christian J. Koot - Empire at the Periphery: British Colonists, Anglo-Dutch Trade, and the Development of the British Atlantic, 1621-1713 - 9780814748831 - V9780814748831
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.

Empire at the Periphery: British Colonists, Anglo-Dutch Trade, and the Development of the British Atlantic, 1621-1713

€ 47.15
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Empire at the Periphery: British Colonists, Anglo-Dutch Trade, and the Development of the British Atlantic, 1621-1713 Hardback. Explores the history of British Atlantic trading colonies Series: Early American Places. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1QDB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBTQ; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 648.

Throughout history the British Atlantic has often been depicted as a series of well-ordered colonial ports that functioned as nodes of Atlantic shipping, where orderliness reflected the effectiveness of the regulatory apparatus constructed to contain Atlantic commerce. Colonial ports were governable places where British vessels, and only British vessels, were to deliver English goods in exchange for colonial produce. Yet behind these sanitized depictions lay another story, one about the porousness of commercial regulation, the informality and persistent illegality of exchanges in the British Empire, and the endurance of a culture of cross-national cooperation in the Atlantic that had been ... Read more

Show Less

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Series
Early American Places
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780814748831
SKU
V9780814748831
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About Christian J. Koot
Christian J. Koot is Associate Professor of History at Towson University, where he teaches courses on Colonial and Revolutionary America. He is author of Empire at the Periphery: British Colonists, Anglo-Dutch Trade, and the Development of the British Atlantic, 1621-1713.

Reviews for Empire at the Periphery: British Colonists, Anglo-Dutch Trade, and the Development of the British Atlantic, 1621-1713
[This] book advances historians' understanding of the genesis of the British Atlantic, the mechanics of legal and illegal trade, the far-flung networks of the Dutch, and the development of political ideologies.
Marjoleine Kars
The Historian
A thoughtful and impressive book.
Jeremy Black
Journal of European Studies
Christian Koot's aim in this study is to ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Empire at the Periphery: British Colonists, Anglo-Dutch Trade, and the Development of the British Atlantic, 1621-1713


Subscribe to our newsletter

News on special offers, signed editions & more!