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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792207703321

Autore

Chet Guy <1968->

Titolo

The ocean is a wilderness : Atlantic piracy and the limits of state authority, 1688-1856 / / Guy Chet

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amherst, [Massachusetts] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : University of Massachusetts Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-61376-306-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (182 p.)

Disciplina

364.16409163

Soggetti

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.