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Author Smith, Joshua M.

Title Borderland smuggling : patriots, loyalists, and illicit trade in the Northeast, 1783-1820 / Joshua M. Smith ; foreword by James C. Bradford and Gene A. Smith.

Publication Info. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2006]
©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 160 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series New perspectives on maritime history and nautical archaeology
New perspectives on maritime history and nautical archaeology.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-156) and index.
Contents "The Habit of Smuggling" -- "A Sort of Neutrality" -- "A Commerce of Mere Stone" -- "The Rascals of Passamaquoddy" -- "The Pursuit of Ignominious Gain" -- "Ulmer Was a Rascal" -- "Actual and Unqualified Rebellion" -- Conclusion: The Memory of Smuggling.
Summary Smith treats the Passamaquoddy Bay smuggling as more than a local episode of antiquarian interest. Indeed, he crafts a local case study to illuminate a widespread phenomenon in early modern Europe and the Americas.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Smuggling -- Northeast boundary of the United States -- History -- 18th century.
Smuggling.
History.
Chronological Term 18th century
Subject Smuggling -- Northeast boundary of the United States -- History -- 19th century.
Chronological Term 19th century
1700-1899
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Smith, Joshua M. Borderland smuggling. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ©2006 0813029864 (DLC) 2006042087 (OCoLC)64595989
ISBN 9780813037066 (electronic book)
0813037069 (electronic book)
0813029864
9780813029863