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UNINA9910792207703321 |
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Autore |
Chet Guy <1968-> |
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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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Amherst, [Massachusetts] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : University of Massachusetts Press, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (182 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Maritime terrorism - Atlantic Ocean |
Maritime terrorism - Great Britain - Prevention |
Maritime terrorism - United States - Prevention |
Marine insurance - Great Britain - History |
Marine insurance - United States - History |
Piracy - Atlantic Ocean - History |
Smuggling - Atlantic Ocean - History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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