In a Sea of Empires: Networks and Crossings in the Revolutionary Caribbean

ISBN-13: 9781108489720 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 300 str.

Jeppe Mulich

Opis

By exploring transnational networks involved in smuggling, privateering, slave trade, marronage, and corruption, Jeppe Mulich illuminates the entangled nature of imperial politics and colonial law in the maritime borderlands of the Caribbean during the age of revolutions.

Recenzje

'… a theoretically informed, important study … It is a must-read for everyone interested in the history of the Caribbean, of imperial borderlands, and of inter-colonial and comparative colonial history in general.' Jan Jansen, Connections: A Journal for Historians and Area Specialists

Spis treści

1. Introduction; 2. Free ports and black markets; 3. Imperial warfare, colonial violence; 4. Prize courts and privateers; 5. Slave laws and free communities; 6. Abolition and the illegal slave trade; Conclusion.