Listing 1 - 6 of 6 |
Sort by
|
Choose an application
Exploring the history of smuggling around the world, Alan L. Karras traces all aspects of this pervasive and enduring crime. Through a compelling set of cases drawn from a rich array of historical and contemporary sources, Karras shows how smuggling of every conceivable good has flourished in every place, at every time. The author also sets smugglers-the ultimate free traders-in the context of the global political economy, where they are tightly woven into an uneasy relationship among governments, taxation, and corruption. Bringing smugglers and smuggling to life, this book p
Smuggling. --- Customs administration. --- Finance, Public --- Tariff --- Contraband trade --- Crime --- Customs administration
Choose an application
Within the chronological framework of Implantation, Maturation and Transition, this book provides the history of European expansion in the Americas from the age of Columbus through the abolition of slavery. Suggesting a shift in the traditional units of analysis away from nationally defined boundaries, this volume considers all of the Americas - and Africa - to encourage students to see the larger interimperial issues which governed behaviour in both the new world and the old. It also provides students with a mechanism for viewing interimperial rivalries from the largest possible perspective,
America --- Africa --- Europe --- History --- Social conditions. --- Civilization --- European influences. --- African influences.
Choose an application
Choose an application
Choose an application
Choose an application
Listing 1 - 6 of 6 |
Sort by
|