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The smugglers' world : illicit trade and Atlantic communities in eighteenth-century Venezuela / Jesse Cromwell.

Author/creator Cromwell, Jesse author.
Other author/creatorOmohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture publisher.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Williamsburg, Virginia : Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture ; Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2018]
Descriptionpages cm
Subject(s)
Contents Old habits : commercial neglect and peripheral innovation in early Venezuela -- Socialized into smuggling : the consumer culture of the black market -- New cures : the Caracas Company, the crown, and commercial control -- Networking statelessness in a bordered world : foreign smugglers -- The societal ties of smuggling : Venezuelan merchants -- "Men of good who will harm no one" : Venezuelan officials -- Contrabandists or cargo? : People of color, smuggling, and the illicit slave trade -- The political power of covert commerce : the rebellion of Juan Francisco de León, 1749-1751.
Abstract "The Smugglers' World examines a critical part of Atlantic trade for a neglected corner of the Spanish Empire. Testimonies of smugglers, buyers, and royal officials found in Venezuelan prize court records reveal a colony enmeshed in covert commerce. Forsaken by the Spanish fleet system, Venezuelan colonists struggled to obtain European foods and goods. They found a solution in exchanging cacao, a coveted luxury, for the necessities of life provided by contrabandists from the Dutch, English, and French Caribbean"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2018019919
ISBN9781469636887 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN1469636883

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