Descript |
1 online resource (xvi, 271 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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text txt |
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computer c |
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online resource cr |
Note |
Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--European University Institute, 2017, titled The West Indian web : improvising colonial survival in Essequibo and Demerara, 1750-1800. |
Contents |
Introduction: borderless societies -- The borderland -- Political conflicts -- Rebels and runaways -- The centrality of smuggling -- The web of debt -- Borderless businessmen -- Conclusion: the shape of empire. |
ISBN |
9780820356075 (electronic bk.) |
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0820356077 (electronic bk.) |
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9780820356082 (hardcover) |
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0820356085 (hardcover) |
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