Merchants, Pirates, and Smugglers : Criminalization, Economics, and the Transformation of the Maritime World (1200-1600)

Thomas Heebøll-Holm

ISBN 10: 3593509792 / ISBN 13: 9783593509792

Published by Campus Verlag Jan 2019, 2019

Neuware - In der Geschichte des Seehandels unterscheidet man traditionell zwischen erlaubtem Handel und illegalen Praktiken. Doch was wir heute als 'unerlaubt' ansehen, wurde bis zur Durchsetzung des souveränen Staates oft als legitim wahrgenommen, weil es innerhalb der Spielregeln des Wirtschaftslebens erfolgte. Je nachdem, wie gut ein Akteur seine Vorstellung durchsetzen konnte, wurde er als Pirat, Schmuggler, Kaufmann oder Admiral wahrgenommen. Seller Inventory # 9783593509792

Synopsis:

Maritime history tends to draw stark lines between legal and illegal trading practices, with the naval and commercial vessels of sovereign states on one side and rogue pirates and smugglers on the other. This book reveals how, in the centuries before the emergence of the nation-state, maritime societies were shaped equally by both sanctioned and illicit trade―and that the line between the two was much less defined than it is now. The kind of high-seas activity now called piracy was often viewed in the early modern period as, at worst, a disruption of established distribution channels, but just often, it was viewed as simply another legitimate economic stream. Depending on one’s perspective, the same person could be seen as a bandit or an entrepreneur. Merchants, Pirates, and Smugglers tells the story of how these individuals came to be labelled as criminals as a way to enforce the codified economic and political positions that arose from sustained European state-building between the thirteenth and seventeenth centuries.

About the Author:
Thomas Heebøll-Holm is associate professor in the Department of History at the University of Southern Denmark. Philipp Höhn is a research fellow at Goethe University, Frankfurt. Gregor Rohmann is associate professor at the Historisches Seminar at Goethe University, Frankfurt.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Merchants, Pirates, and Smugglers : ...
Publisher: Campus Verlag Jan 2019
Publication Date: 2019
Binding: Taschenbuch
Condition: Neu