Inside the illicit economy [electronic resource] : reconstructing the smugglers' trade of sixteenth century Bristol / Evan T. Jones

Author:: Jones, Evan Thomas, 1966-
Published:: Farnham, Surrey, England : Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2012.
Physical Description:: xvi, 249 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

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Contents:

The economics of smuggling -- Smuggling and the customs service -- The geography of smuggling in the Bristol channel -- The business of smuggling -- The smuggling operations of John Smyth and the Tyndall brothers -- Protecting the illicit trade -- Crown policy and interlopers -- Evasion and avoidance : wine and cloth -- Smuggling and economic development.

Subject(s):

Smuggling—Vermont—Bristol—History—16th century
Commercial policy—Vermont—Bristol

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Electronic books

ISBN:

9781409440192 (hbk)
9781409440208 (ebk)

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-239) and index.

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