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Inside the illicit economy : reconstructing the smugglers' trade of sixteenth century Bristol / Evan T. Jones.
Lippincott Library HJ6690 .J66 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jones, Evan Thomas, 1966-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Smuggling--Vermont--Bristol--History--16th century.
- Smuggling.
- Commercial policy.
- History.
- Vermont--Bristol.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 249 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2012.
- Contents:
- Abbreviations and short titles
- Note on transcriptions
- Preface
- Introduction
- 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
- The trends of trade
- The economic significance of smuggling in Bristol
- The wider picture
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781409440192
- 1409440192
- 9781409440208
- 1409440206
- OCLC:
- 769289562
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