Rebel, Traitor, Sailor, Spy: The Social Figure of the Smuggler in Mid-Eighteenth-Century Britain
Smuggling was a common practice in eighteenth-century Britain and British governments tried to prevent it with an increasing arsenal of penal statutes. Beyond the practice of smuggling, however, it was much debated as evidence of deeper problems. Among local populations, it was often regarded as a “...
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| Language: | French |
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Centre de Recherches Historiques
2024-07-01
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/acrh/30758 |