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Author:
Kwass, Michael.
Title:
Contraband : Louis Mandrin and the making of a global underground / Michael Kwass.
Publisher:
Harvard University Press,
Copyright Date:
2014
Description:
ix, 457 p. ; 25 cm.
Subject:
Mandrin, Louis,--1725-1755.
Criminals--France--Biography.
Smugglers--France--Biography.
Smuggling--France--History--18th century.
France--History--History--18th century.
France--Economic conditions--18th century.
France--Social conditions--18th century.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The globalization of European consumption -- The king intervenes -- The making of a smuggler -- The shadow economy -- Rebel rebel -- Triumph -- The would-be general -- Captured -- The execution of Louis Mandrin -- Mandrin into print -- Smuggling in the enlightenment -- Revolution.
ISBN:
0674726839 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780674726833 (hardcover : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)856861281
LCCN:
2013032888
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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