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This volume brings together eight essays that address the result of a research project involving a group of international scholars. It explores a little-discussed, yet interesting phenomenon in the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico region - how military engineers reshaped the physical landscape for imperial reasons and, in doing so, laid the foundations for broader colonial development. Moreover, this transnational scenario reveals how military construction reached beyond cross-borders themes and histories from the age of imperialism. As such, this book provides valuable insights into the role of m
Military engineering. --- Engineering, Military --- Civil engineering --- Engineering --- Military architecture
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Smith treats the Passamaquoddy Bay smuggling as more than a local episode of antiquarian interest. Indeed, he crafts a local case study to illuminate a widespread phenomenon in early modern Europe and the Americas.
Smuggling --- Contraband trade --- Crime --- Customs administration --- History --- Contrebande --- Smuggling. --- Histoire --- 1700-1899. --- United States
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