Inside the illicit economy
Subtitle: reconstructing the smugglers' trade of sixteenth century Bristol
By: Evan Jones
Publisher: Ashgate Pub.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Burlington, VT
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781409440192; 9781409440208
Subjects: Commercial policy; Smuggling; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Abbreviations and short titles; title: Note on transcriptions; title: Preface; title: Introduction; title: The economics of smuggling; title: Smuggling and the customs service; title: The geography of smuggling in the Bristol channel; title: The business of smuggling; title: The smuggling operations of John Smyth and the Tyndall brothers; title: Protecting the illicit trade; title: Crown policy and interlopers; title: Evasion and avoidance : wine and cloth; title: Smuggling and economic development; title: The trends of trade; title: The economic significance of smuggling in Bristol; title: The wider picture; title: Bibliography; title: Index.