Smuggling contraband and corruption in world history
In this lively book, Alan L. Karras traces the history of smuggling around the world and explores 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 h...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lanham, Maryland :
Rowman & Littlefield
2010.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Exploring world history. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b34674913*spi |
| Sumario: | In this lively book, Alan L. Karras traces the history of smuggling around the world and explores 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. Significantly, Karras draws a clear distinction between smugglers and their more popular criminal cousins, pirates, who operated in the open with a type of violencethat was nearly always shunned by smugglers. Explaining the divergence between the two grou. |
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| Descripción Física: | xii, 201 p. : il., mapas |
| Formato: | Forma de acceso: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliografía: | Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice. |
| ISBN: | 9780742567320 9781282497429 |
