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A search for sovereignty : law and geography in European Empires, 1400--1900 / Lauren Benton.
Van Pelt Library KJC1337 .B46 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Benton, Lauren A., 1956-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Law and geography--Europe--History.
- Law and geography.
- Boundaries.
- History.
- Europe--Boundaries--History.
- Europe.
- Sovereignty.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 340 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge [UK] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
- Contents:
- Anomalies of empire
- Treacherous places : Atlantic riverine regions and the law of treason
- Sovereignty at sea : jurisdiction, piracy, and the origins of ocean regionalism
- Island chains : military law and convict transportation
- Landlocked : colonial enclaves and the problem of quasi-sovereignty
- Bare sovereignty and empire.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780521881050
- 0521881056
- 9780521707435
- 0521707439
- OCLC:
- 318645910
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